For week two we were required to watch several lectures, one of which dealt with the topic of ergonomics. As my sister studied ergonomics and I almost never keep the "correct" position when using a computer, I was very interested in the video shown at this lecture.The video gave a clear understanding of what ergonomics is about and why it is important for the business environment.
Ergonomics is about the design of jobs and equipment to fit workers. Further that means that your workplace should be designed so that well-being of the workers and productivity are optmized. Therefore you need to keep a certain position (see above or in the video) while using a computer, and keep often used things close. This is especially important for the business environment because nowadays there is hardly any business without computers and thus without workers using a computer.
If you want to find out more about this topic, there are several websites explaining the rationale of it in more detail then possible here (eg. wikipedia). All in all, ergonomics gets more and more important and one should at least have heard about it, when starting to work in the business environment.
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