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Ergonomics is a discipline that studies the working climate, to facilitate the individual's adaptation to the workplace. After 2000's, there has been a trend towards psychologising the work, the technology, the education. New needs of people have been defined, which have changed the workspace. There is a need for a place to relax, to rest at work, the need for socialization and activities outside the program. Thus, organizations, corporations that meet the multiple needs of employees, in order to increase the quality of the services offered, as well as to increase the quality of employees' lives as a motivational factor, appeared. Starting from the vision of the pedagogue Rudolf Steiner, the present paper proposes an inductive research, based on a questionnaire on the ergonomic modelling of the workspace of the engineers, depending on individual sensory sensitivity, in order to increase the state of well-being, the mental health of employees, as well as to improve safety at work. The paper sets out managerial strategies regarding the design, organization and finishing of a building in which engineer's work, as well as the interior design of the workspace and the relaxation space.
Keywords: ergonomics; engineer personality; quality of life; work safety.
1.Introduction
Ergonomics is a discipline that studies the working climate, to facilitate the individual's adaptation to the workplace. Ergonomics deals with the study of man-machine-work relationship (DEX, 2012). Etymologically, the ergonomic word comes from Greek: ergon means work, and nomos means law. Ergonomics, as discipline, is an integrated character, overcoming inter- and multidisciplinary barriers. It combines, in a harmonious unity, like a country, specific notions of engineering, psychology, sociology, economics, anthropometry, design, biology, physiology. The integration of corporate social responsibility into management structures facilitates the development of organizations (Cioca, 2014).
Business processes are becoming increasingly person-oriented, so marketing and linking top management with employees is extremely important (Cioca, 2013). The present work presents the ergonomics of production conception. The ergonomic elements to be researched in relation to the psychology of engineers will be interpreted from the point of view of the Senses Theory of the pedagogue Rudolf Steiner. The orientation of ergonomics only on visual and auditory stimulus appears to be restrictive, bearing in mind that there is research on 12 human senses.
Rudolf Steiner...