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These proceedings summarize the best papers in each research area
represented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the German Gesellschaft
fur Arbeitswissenschaft, held at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
(KIT) from February 26-28. The meeting featured more than 160
presentations and 30 posters reflecting the diversity of subject
matter in the field of human and industrial engineering.
These proceedings summarize the best papers in each research area
represented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the German Gesellschaft
fur Arbeitswissenschaft, held at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
(KIT) from February 26-28. The meeting featured more than 160
presentations and 30 posters reflecting the diversity of subject
matter in the field of human and industrial engineering.
In recent years the situation of production enterprises has been
aggravated by the change from a vendors' market to a buyers'
market, the globaHsation of competition, a severe market
segmentation and rapid progress in product and process
technologies. Beside cost and quality, time has taken on an
increasingly important role, forcing enterprises to become ever
more dynamic and versatile. Therefore, in all areas of production
management, novel, effective concepts, procedures and tools have
been developed in order to meet these new requirements. But beyond
these more technical, organisational and information technology
related aspects there is certainly another one which has to be
considered more closely than ever before, namely that of human
resources. Is not group technology also related to group work? Do
partners in a global network only operate according to predefined
process schemes with no personal contact? Are the mental process
models of the programmers of ERP-systems the same as those of the
users? What is the impact of human behaviour and what consequences
are to be expected if organisational and individual objectives are
separated? And finally, how do necessary technological changes
affect the workforce and the individual needs and wishes of the
employees.
In recent years the situation of production enterprises has been
aggravated by the change from a vendors' market to a buyers'
market, the globaHsation of competition, a severe market
segmentation and rapid progress in product and process
technologies. Beside cost and quality, time has taken on an
increasingly important role, forcing enterprises to become ever
more dynamic and versatile. Therefore, in all areas of production
management, novel, effective concepts, procedures and tools have
been developed in order to meet these new requirements. But beyond
these more technical, organisational and information technology
related aspects there is certainly another one which has to be
considered more closely than ever before, namely that of human
resources. Is not group technology also related to group work? Do
partners in a global network only operate according to predefined
process schemes with no personal contact? Are the mental process
models of the programmers of ERP-systems the same as those of the
users? What is the impact of human behaviour and what consequences
are to be expected if organisational and individual objectives are
separated? And finally, how do necessary technological changes
affect the workforce and the individual needs and wishes of the
employees.
When a tree cries out in pain, some unexpected heroes come to the
rescue. Nema and her gang of young nematodes (tiny worms) embark on
a dangerous journey underground. The Xenos, a group of wise but
deadly bacteria, hitch a ride. The story of how they help the tree
is full of action, life-or-death challenges and microscopic
warfare. It is a story of co-operation and ancient partnership,
about events happening all over the Earth, in the hidden worlds
beneath our feet. FEATURES A beautifully illustrated
science-adventure story, created in collaboration with scientists
Engages children in the invisible world of microbes 'The Science
Behind the Story' section allows for deeper exploration of
scientific concepts underpinning story Teacher Notes available to
support the use of this book in the classroom The Small Friends
Books series combines cutting-edge scientific research, rich
narrative and beautiful illustrations to tell stories that describe
symbiotic partnerships between microbes and larger life forms
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