Banquet Address


BANQUET ADDRESS - SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1998

TIME: 6:30 - 10:00 pm

PROGRAM: 6:30 - 7:30 pm (Cashbar)

BANQUET: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

AWARDS AND INTRODUCTIONS: 8:30 - 8:45 pm

BANQUET ADDRESS: 8:45 pm

ROOM: Ballroon

TOPIC: Macroergonomics: A proven cost-benefit approach for dramatically improving occupational health, safety and productivity

PRESENTERS: Professor Emeritus Hal W. Hendrick

Abstract:

The concept of macroergonomics and a brief history of its development are reviewed. Macroergonomics is described as a systematic, scientifically-based means for optimizing work system design. The process of relating macroergonomic to micro-ergonomic design of work systems to achieve harmonization is described. The theory that ergonomically harmonized work systems can exponentially improve organizational effectiveness, including occupational health and safety, is explained. A series of case studies is presented as validation of the theory.

About the Presenter:

Dr. Hal Hendrick is a Emeritus Professor of Human Factors at the University of Southern California (USC) and a certified Professional Ergonomist (BCPE Certificate #004). He currently is Director of the Rocky Mountain Regional Office for Error Analysis, Inc., a human factor's and safety consulting firm based in La Mesa California, and Principal of Hendrick and Associates, a management consultant firm. He holds an M.S. in Human Factors and a Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology from Purdue University, with a minor in Industrial Engineering. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Fellow and Founding member of the American Psychological Society and Fellow and Past President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He also is a Past President of both the International Ergonomics Association and the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics. Hal is a Diplomate of the American College of Forensic Examiners. He continues to serve on the HFES Executive Council, IEA Executive Committee, and BCPE as a Director. Hal has over 35 years of experience as a practicing ergonomist. He has been a college dean, human factors department chair, and Executive Director of USC's Institute of Safety and Systems Management. He is the author of the chapter on "Organizational Design and macroergonomics" in (I. Salvendy (ED.), Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics (Wiley, 1987, 1997) and a contributing author to Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, a Manual for Prevention (Taylor & Francis, 1991). Hal has edited eight books. He is the author of a text on Behavioral Research and Analysis (Ergosyst, 1991) and over 125 other professional publications. He has received USC's highest award for excellence in teaching, the HFES Alexander C. Williams, Jr. award for outstanding contributions to the design of a major system, and the International Society of Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Certificate of Recognition of Prominence in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety. Professionally, he is best known for having formally conceptualized and initiated the human factors sub-field of macroergonomics.