Cognitive Work Analysis: Foundations, Extensions, and Challenges

Abstract

This essay, which reviews the foundations, extensions, and challenges of cognitive work analysis, is based on a keynote address delivered at the 10th International Naturalistic Decision Making Conference held in Orlando, Florida from 31 May to 3 June, 2011. It describes the origins of cognitive work analysis and the utility of this framework for designing ecological interfaces, as well as for tackling a variety of other design challenges, particularly, the design of teams or organisations. Also featured in this essay is the formulation of a methodological perspective of cognitive work analysis, which complements the conceptual accounts provided by Rasmussen (1986), Rasmussen, Pejtersen, and Goodstein (1994), and Vicente (1999). Finally, this essay highlights the latest shift in research emphasis from work domain analysis, the first dimension of cognitive work analysis, to the subsequent dimensions of this framework.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA564221

Entities

People

  • Neelam Naikar

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Complex Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Health Services
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychology
  • Systems Engineering
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Training

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  • Academic Conference Management
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
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