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Der Beitrag behandelt drei aufeinander bezogene Themen: (1) Das design hoch komplexer sozio-technischer Systeme hohen Gefährdungspotentials, (2) die Merkmale des Human Factors Engineering, (3) theoretische Aspekte von Design Aktivitäten und des kreativen Problemlösens. Das erste Thema artikuliert die spezifischen Schwierigkeiten herkömmlicher Konflikte zwischen einem Technik-getriebenen Design und der Notwendigkeit kognitive und Handlungskompetenzen sowie individuelle Begrenzungen und Bedürfnisse von Operateuren zu integrieren. Das zweite Thema bearbeitet die Anforderungen des human factors engineering im Zusammenhang mit einer Initiative des Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) ingenieurwissenschaftliche Design Prozesse aus rein Technik-getriebenen Ansätzen in Richtung ganzheitlicher Ansätze zu orientieren, bei denen in allen Phasen des Designprozesses Human Factor Aspekte berücksichtigt werden. Der Schlussteil reflektiert die psychologischen Aspekte von Kreativität und Design. The presentation deals with three interrelated issues: (1) The design of highly complex socio-technical systems with high hazard potential, (2) the nature of human factors engineering, (3) the theoretical aspects of design and creative problem finding/solving. The first theme articulates the specific difficulties arising from the usual conflicts between purely technology driven demands and the need to integrate the cognitive and action capacities, limitations and needs of the human operator. The second theme addresses the requirements of human factors engineering in the context of a novel initiative of the German Verband Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI). The object of this initiative is to reorient engineering design processes from an exclusively technology driven process towards using a holistic approach which at any design stage takes into account human factor aspects. The concluding section reflects on the theoretical dimensions of creativity and design.
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Wilpert, B. Psychology and human factors engineering. Cogn Tech Work 10, 15–21 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-007-0073-0
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