Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology

Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology

Studies in the Neotropical Lowlands

  • Author: Balée, William; Erickson, Clark
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • Serie: Historical Ecology Series
  • ISBN: 9780231135627
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780231509619
  • Place of publication:  New York , United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1993
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 303
  • Language: English

Workload transition is a potentially crucial problem in work situations wherein operators are faced with abrupt changes in task demands. People involved include military combat personnel, air-traffic controllers, medical personnel in emergency rooms, and long-distance drivers. They must be able to respond efficiently to sudden increases in workload imposed by a failure, crisis, or other, often unexpected, event.

This book provides a systematic evaluation of workload transition. It focuses on a broad spectrum of activities ranging from team cooperation to the maintenance of this problem on a theoretical level and offers several practical solutions.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Summary
  • 1 Team Transitions
  • 2 Analogous Systems
  • 3 Workload Factors
  • 4 Stress
  • 5 Sleep Disruption and Fatigue
  • 6 Vigilance and Target Detection
  • 7 Geographic Orientation
  • 8 Decision Making
  • 9 Strategic Task Management
  • 10 Team Leadership and Crew Coordination
  • 11 Training for Emergency Responses
  • 12 Recommendations for Research
  • Index

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