Development of a Taxonomy of Human Performance: Design of a Systems Task Vocabulary

Abstract

Difficulties of developing a viable descriptive taxonomy of human performance are described. The author's previous formulation of a 'functional' approach to task description and analysis is reviewed and a useful format consisting of four major 'dimensions' of description is proposed. The rationale for development of a transactional language for describing and analyzing military tasks and duties is presented together with a new system task vocabulary created according to that rationale. The new approach assumes that the human is an information processor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736195

Entities

People

  • Robert B. Miller

Organizations

  • American Institutes for Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Applied Psychology
  • Classification
  • Coding
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Motor Skills
  • Notation
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.