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This 20 page paper helps the student write a paper on the relationship between an ergonomic workplace environment and productivity. The paper analyses the results of a fictitious survey to assess the impact of ergonomic design on workplace productivity. Three hundred surveys are sent out to staff in a bank, some of which work in an ergonomic environment some do not. The survey assesses the types of workplace injuries that are emerging, concentrating on back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome, loos at how much absence this is causing and in which environment the injuries are most likely to happen. The data is analysed using a statistical programme; SPSS and a hypothesis test is conducted using a Chi squared test. The results are presented with a discussion. To help the student the paper also includes a sample abstract and table of contents. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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such as the production lines, have been recognised in a plethora of legislation and regulation seeking to control and minimise risks. The traditional perception has been an association of these
risks with physical, blue-collar jobs. It is only in more recent years that less visible risks that effect more white-collar jobs have been recognised and accepted. Just as the machinery
of the blue-collar workers poses a threat to health, the machinery used by white-collar workers can also cause physical damage. The extended use of keyboards and the occurrence of carpal
tunnel syndrome is already well known and workers who sit at desks may find they suffer form a bad back, either due to seats that ate provided, their own posture
or even as a natural reaction to the light that is provided. These risks lead to increased liability of the employer and lost productivity due to lost workdays and
slower work rates. Because of these problems and the need to resolve or minimise risk the term workplace ergonomics has been coined. Workplace ergonomics creates a workplace where the
natural flow of the body is aided by careful design of the body and its positioning, this included both the machinery and furniture as well as the environmental setting. The
aim is to relieve the physical stress on the body, creating settings that will facilitate greater productivity due to the increased comfort and reduced risk. Employers are making investments
with the desire to increase productivity, however, studies such as the Hawthorn studies at the beginning of the twentieth century indicated that where environments changed rather than improved, there would
be short term improvement, due to the perceived attention of the employer. This paper look to assess the real impact of the physical environment on productivity in the longer term.
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