Analyzing Human Factors: Strategies for Workplace Improvement

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of human factors within organizations, exploring their impact on efficiency and employee well-being. It defines human factors, encompassing individual, job, and organizational aspects, and examines their influence on workplace behavior, health, and safety. The report identifies strategies for assessing human factors, including risk assessment and the identification of potential hazards. Furthermore, it outlines strategies organizations can adopt to improve morale and performance, such as demonstrating care for employees, implementing control measures, and promoting knowledge of workplace risks. The report concludes by emphasizing the crucial role of human factors in achieving organizational success and the importance of proactive management to foster a positive and productive work environment. The report adheres to APA formatting and includes several academic references to support its arguments.

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Executive Summary
The report has thrown light on analysing and identifying the different human factors which
plays a major role in the organizations. The different human factors are required to be
identified on the basis of individuals, job or organization which plays a vital role in
understanding and improving the business operations successfully.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Overview of Human Factors......................................................................................................3
Analysis of Human Factors Impacting Organizational Efficiency............................................4
Analysis of Strategies to Assess Human Factors in Workplace................................................4
Analysis of Strategies Adopted by Organizations to Improve Morale and Performance by
Concerning Themselves with Human Factors...........................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The report throws light on analyzing the different aspects and role of the human
factors in the organizations. The impact of the human factors on the efficiency of the
organizations is required to be identified along with the different aspects which will be
assessing the human factors in the workplace effectively. Lastly, the strategies are required to
be identified which will be assisting in improving performance and morale by concerning
themselves with human factors.
Overview of Human Factors
As commented by Grosse et al. (2015), the human factors are defined as the different
environmental, organizational along with the different job factors, human and individual
related characteristics that helps in influencing the behavior of the individuals at the
workplace in a manner that can affect the health and safety of the different individuals.
Furthermore, the respective definition helps in including the different interrelated aspects
which consists of individual, job as well as organization.
 Job- As commented by Xie and Carayon (2015), it includes the different areas which
includes nature of the task, work environment along with workload. The tasks should
be designed with ergonomic principles which will be taking human strengths and
limitations.
 Individual- As stated by Thatcher et al (2018), it is inclusive of competence skills,
personality along with perception of the risks. The individual characteristics influence
behavior which are complex and can be changed.

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 Organization- As opined by Stanton et al. (2017), it is inclusive of the work patterns,
culture of the workplace along with resources and communication and such factors
are overlooked at the time of job designs.
Analysis of Human Factors Impacting Organizational Efficiency
As commented by Razmerita, Kirchner and Nielsen (2016), the human factors play a
significant role directly and indirectly in influencing positively the quality improvement
practices along with organizational performance. The different successful businesses achieve
the high productivity along with quality while ensuring the health and safety of the
employees. The management of the human failures play a vital role in preventing the major
accidents along with ill health as these can cost the business money, reputation along with
potentiality for the continued existence. As opined by Perez and Neumann (2015), the human
factors approach mainly focuses on making the best possible utilization of the capabilities
such as through designing the jobs along with equipment which are fit for the different
individuals. With the implication of the same, it will be improving the health and safety and
ensure a better, proper and effective managed organization.
Analysis of Strategies to Assess Human Factors in Workplace
There are different processes or strategies which can be adopted for assessing the
human factors in the workplace. Firstly, as commented by Mallam, Lundh and MacKinnon
(2015), the different kinds of biological along with psychological factors are required to be
identified that will be helpful in identifying the strengths required by the individuals to
complete the tasks. Moreover, as opined by Perez and Neumann (2015), it can be seen that
there are few tasks wherein the mental demand of the tasks is too high, in such scenarios, the
proper involvement of diagnosing the different faults under the time pressures can affect the
health of individuals negatively.

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As commented by Hignett et al. (2015), the human factors can be analyzed through
understanding the different kinds of activities which will be requiring less effort as it will be
fit for them and it will be creating a better managed organization in a proper manner. The
different strategies which can be used in identifying the human factors are as follows:
 Firstly, through risk assessment, the identification of tasks is required to be done
which are safety critical or can expose the individuals to occupational health hazards
 Identification of the different human failures are required to be done in the tasks
which may be leading to accident along with the performance influencing related
factors that can cause risk.
 The approach to the human factors in the assessment of risks is required to be
proportionate to the different hazards which can be faced.
Therefore, from the above, it can be analyzed that these are the different aspects
which can be implemented for assessing the different human factors present in the
organizations. The successful businesses help in achieving the overall success in managing
the different human factors in the company in a proper manner.
Analysis of Strategies Adopted by Organizations to Improve Morale and Performance
by Concerning Themselves with Human Factors
From the analysis of the human factors, it can be identified that there are different
kinds of strategies which can be adopted by the companies in improving the morale as well as
performance of the individuals through concerning themselves with the human factors are as
follows:
Firstly, the company and the higher officials need to show that they care for the
employees working in the organization through providing them with incentives and other

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bonuses that will be helpful for them in gaining their trust and improving their morale in
performing the different activities which can be a threat to their lives.
Furthermore, there can be proper check that the control measures work through
reviewing the risk assessment on a regular basis that will be helpful in making the different
improvements further and gain competitiveness in the market as well. There can be
introduction of appropriate control measures which can be incorporated by the company as it
will be enhancing and mitigating the different human failures that has been identified.
In addition, the senior management or the risk assessment teams in the organizations
need to have proper knowledge relating to the risks that can affect the morale of the
employees as it will be reducing the likeliness of the different failures and save the lives of
the different individuals in the workplace as well.
Conclusion
Therefore, it can be concluded that human factors play a vital role in the
organizational aspects that will be helpful in improving the business operations in a
successful manner. The different senior management officials of the companies need to take
care of the different human factors which are essential to be embraced and improved in a
proper manner to provide the different kinds of activities in a positive manner.

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