Question

write a brief report on office ergonomics 1 page in length that addresses these questions: • How does this problem affect the productivity and profitability of a business? • What are some of the solutions that employers are currently using? the report should include three sources

Answer 1

Office ergonomics is an important part of the Employees Health and Safety ( EHS) policies of a business as it directly affects the productivity of employees. Though the factors affecting the office ergonomics look pretty ordinary, their impact is significant enough to affect the productivity at workplace.

Ergonomics involve design of products, processes and systems at the workplace or home to optimse the comfort and efficiency of users. At workplace it includes the seating facilities, design of workstations, glare of monitor, operational ease of keyboard, location of document holding shelf, footrest, walking space, noise reduction, ventilation, walking space, color schemes and everything else that adds or hampers the workplace efficiency.

An ergonomically designed workplace often enable the workers to put in long working hours without feeling tired and contribute to te overall efficiency of the business. It is beacuse the worker can concentrate more on work due to calm, noiseless, airy and soothing workplace, achieve more output with less movements of hand and feet and avoiding frequent walks around workplace. With higher productivity, comes higher profitability, as there are fewer errors, lesser aberrations from norms and more work per unit time.

The employers use professional help from architects specialised in ergonomics who help to design the workplace most conducive to the work. This extends from choice of furniture to the workstation design to the ventilation and air conditioning systems and other amenities that enhance the productivity, being sourced from leading manufacturers of different commodities that build customised solutions for the office as per the need.