The human factors profession is currently attempting to take a more proactive role in the design of man-machine systems than has been character- istic of its past. Realizing that human engineering contributions are needed well before the experimental evaluation of prototypes or operational systems, there is a concerted effort to develop tools that predict how humans will interact with proposed designs. This volume provides an over- view of one category of such tools: mathematical models of human performance. It represents a collection of invited papers from a 1988 NATO Workshop. The Workshop...

Team Training Essentials succinctly outlines best practices for team training, as based in the latest organizational psychology research. Organized into 5 'pillars, ' this clear, accessible guide covers all aspects of team training, from design and delivery to evaluation, transfer, and sustainment methods. Useful for anyone studying team dynamics and performance as well as group training, this book will also be of interest to professionals looking to apply team training practices in real business settings.

Team Training Essentials succinctly outlines best practices for team training, as based in the latest organizational psychology research. Organized into 5 pillars, this clear, accessible guide covers all aspects of team training, from design and delivery to evaluation, transfer, and sustainment methods. Useful for anyone studying team dynamics and performance as well as group training, this book will also be of interest to professionals looking to apply team training practices in real business settings."

The pace of life in our high technology world has quickened. Industries that do not become more efficient, often by requiring a faster production turnaround with less slack, are superseded. Because of this, workers face an environment in which they must perform under more time pressure and under greater task load, in which stress is more prevalent, and in which consequences of poor performance are more critical than ever before.

The dominant, if unstated, psychoanalytic paradigm underlying much stress research over the past fifty years has led to an emphasis on coping and defense...