Reseña del libro "Handbook of Human Systems Integration (en Inglés)"
A groundbreaking look at how technology with a human touch isrevolutionizing government and industryHuman Systems Integration (HSI) is very attractive as a newintegrating discipline designed to help move business andengineering cultures toward a more people-technology orientation.Over the past decade, the United States and foreign governmentshave developed a wide range of tools, techniques, and technologiesaimed at integrating human factors into engineering systems inorder to achieve important cost and performance benefits thatotherwise would not have been accomplished. In order for this newdiscipline to be effective, however, a cultural change is neededthat must start with organizational leadership.Handbook of Human Systems Integration outlines the principles andmethods that can be used to help integrate people, technology, andorganizations with a common objective toward designing, developing,and operating systems effectively and efficiently. Handbook ofHuman Systems Integration is broad in scope, covering both publicand commercial processes as they interface with systems engineeringprocesses. Emphasizing the importance of management andorganization concepts as well as the technical uniqueness of HSI,Handbook of Human Systems Integration features:* More than ninety contributors, technical advisors, and reviewersfrom government, industry, and academia* Comprehensive coverage of the most recent HSI developments,particularly in presenting the cutting-edge tools, techniques, andmethodologies utilized by each of the HSI domains* Chapters representing the governments and industries of theUnited Kingdom and Canada* Contributions from three services of the Department of Defensealong with the Federal Aviation Administration and the NationalAcademy of Sciences* Many chapters covering both military and nonmilitaryapplications* Concepts widely used by government contractors both in the UnitedStates and abroad This book will be of special interest to HSI practitioners, systemsengineers, and managers, as well as government and industrydecision-makers who must weigh the recommendations of allmultidisciplines contributing to systems performance, safety, andcosts in order to make sound systems acquisition decisions.
