Musculoskeletal disorders among insurance office employees: A case study

Work ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harbir Singh ◽  
Lakhwinder Pal Singh
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Office Employees

scholarly journals A Wearable Sensor-Based Platform for Surgeon Posture Monitoring: A Tool to Prevent Musculoskeletal Disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3734
Author(s):  
Nicola Carbonaro ◽  
Gabriele Mascherini ◽  
Ilenia Bartolini ◽  
Maria Ringressi ◽  
Antonio Taddei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Dynamical Analysis ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Posture Monitoring ◽  
Measurement Units ◽  
Mini Laparotomy ◽  
Surgical Operations ◽  
Ergonomic Risk

Surgeons are workers that are particularly prone to the development of musculoskeletal disorders. Recent advances in surgical interventions, such as laparoscopic procedures, have caused a worsening of the scenario, given the harmful static postures that have to be kept for long periods. In this paper, we present a sensor-based platform specifically aimed at monitoring the posture during actual surgical operations. The proposed system adopts a limited number of Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) to obtain information about spine and neck angles across time. Such a system merges the reliability of sensor-based approaches and the validity of state-of-the-art scoring procedure, such as RULA. Specifically, three IMUs are used to estimate the flexion, lateral bending, and twisting angles of spine and neck. An ergonomic risk index is thus estimated in a time varying fashion borrowing relevant features from the RULA scoring system. The detailed functioning of the proposed systems is introduced, and the assessment results related to a real surgical procedure, consisting of a laparoscopy and mini-laparotomy sections, are shown and discussed. In the exemplary case study introduced, the surgeon kept a high score, indicating the need for an intervention on the working procedures, for a large time fraction. The system allows separately analyzing the contribution of spine and neck, also specifying the angle configuration. It is shown how the proposed approach can provide further information, as related to dynamical analysis, which could be used to enlarge the features taken into account by currently available approaches for ergonomic risk assessment. The proposed system could be adopted both for training purposes, as well as for alerting surgeons during actual surgical operations.

Musculoskeletal disorders caused by gas cylinder handling tasks: A case study report

Work ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Lang Chen ◽  
Chiao-Ying Yu ◽  
Da-Yung Lin
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Study Report ◽  
Gas Cylinder ◽  
Case Study Report

Chatbot Implementation in a Steel Company in Russia

2022 ◽  
pp. 268-290
Author(s):  
Alexander Skuridin
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Steel Company ◽  
Communication Efficiency ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Operational Factors ◽  
Office Employees

Chatbots (sometimes just called “bots”) are the subject of much corporate and public interest today. Many enterprises are looking to get started with chatbot development initiatives to improve communication efficiency as well as reduce operating costs. Current research indicates constantly growing interest in this area and forecasts that 70% of office employees will interact with chatbots daily in 2022. This chapter reports on the challenges inherent in chatbot integration projects and identifies key operational factors for successful chatbot projects, as well as highlighting issues of strategic significance. Different technology adoption and project management models are explored, analysed, and applied in the context of chatbot implementation, and based on an in-depth case study, a model is put forward to aid the manageability of chatbot implementation in other similar environments.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP STYLE ON WORK MOTIVATION OF EMPLOYEES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF COMPLETE SYSTEMATIC LAND REGISTRATION TARGETS (CASE STUDY OF KEBUMEN DISTRICT LAND OFFICE)

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hadi Arnowo Arnowo
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Land Registration ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
Writing Research ◽  
Office Employees

Target achievement of Complete Systematic Land Registration in Kebumen Regency in 2017 as many as 50,000 fields have been completely completed (100%). The success is inseparable from the role of the leadership and employees of the Land Office of Kebumen Regency. The success of achieving the targets of Complete Systematic Land Registration activities (PTSL) is determined by employee motivation. Factors that play a role in employee motivation include the leadership style and organizational culture. Scientific Writing Research aims to determine the relationship between leadership style and organizational culture on employee work motivation associated with achieving PTS targets. The results of data processing using the correlation test show that there are significant influences and strong influences from each and collectively the factors of leadership style and organizational culture on the work motivation of the Kebumen Regency Land Office employees. This influence proves that the success of achieving the target activities must involve all elements of the employee to be responsible and professionally complete the task. The role of leaders in mobilizing and motivating employees is very important in order to create a positive organizational culture.

scholarly journals Measuring the perceptions of physical environment comfort on office employees' performance : a case study at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jabulani Samuel Mhlanga
Keyword(s):  
Physical Environment ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Physical Elements ◽  
Office Employees

In a dynamic world of office environment where the office is continually changing, there has been a huge need for addressing physical environment comfort of employees to improve their performance, while retaining a happy and healthy workforce. It is against this backdrop that the study was carried out to measure the perceptions of physical environment comfort on employee performance at Durban University of Technology (DUT). A model of office physical elements was used as a conceptual framework to highlight physical environment comfort elements that affects employee performance. The objectives of the study were to measure perceptions of physical environment comfort on employee performance, as well as identify the relationship between physical environment comfort and employee performance. This research adopted a mixed method approach, using the DUT as a case study, with questionnaires and interviews employed as data collection instruments. The target population comprised 81 administrative staff members, including six interviewees who were Head of Departments (HoDs) based at all six DUT campuses. The findings generally indicated a high agreement level with regard to the role of office furniture’s comfort, favourable temperature, good office design and welcoming colours as important in increasing their performance. There were, however, divisions and high disagreements where office furniture’s flexibility is concerned in addition to the strain it caused. Moreover, the amount of noise across offices was found to be quite distracting. It was concluded that the academic administrative staff generally expressed positive perceptions on the importance of physical environment comfort for office employee performance, echoed by the interviewed HoDs. In conclusion, office employees and HoDs expressed positive perceptions on the importance of physical environment comfort for improved performance. This makes it critical for DUT management to address areas of weakness on physical environment comfort for improved productivity.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorder among Computer Bank Office Employees in Punjab (India): A Case Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 6624-6631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajinder Kumar Moom ◽  
Lakhwinder Pal Sing ◽  
Neelam Moom
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorder ◽  
Office Employees
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