COMMERCE 2BC3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Transaction Processing, Expert System, Offshoring
31 Jul 2018
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Rooted on the physical capabilities and limitations. Ergonomics: the science of creating a proper fit between people and their work, taking into account safety, comfort, ease of use, productivity, and performances, and aesthetics. Goal is to design jobs in a way that ensures they do not exceed people"s mental capabilities and limitations tries to improve reliability, safety, and user reactions by designing jobs to reduce their information processing requirements. Global movements, political pressures, cultural preferences, and product market development all simultaneously influence the supply and demand for labour. Two major ways that societal trends and events affect employers. 1. consumer markets, which affect the demand for goods and services. 2. labour markets, which affect the supply of people to produce goods and services. 3 keys to effectively utilize labour markets to one"s competitive advantage. 1. companies must have a clear idea of current configuration of human resources. Need to know the strength and weaknesses of their present stock of employees.
