Ergological viewpoint in real-life study.
I think that real-life studies on human work must be done, if possible, not objectively, but subjectively from an ergological viewpoint. Essentially, I consider ergology as the biology of human living and work, along German biologist Haeckel's idea. He considered ergology a field of anthropology. The instinctive (genetic) element and the learned (environmental) element constitute human behavior. It is conceivable that the adaptation by human learnability has today brought about high-tech society, and genetic human attributes (human nature) have been adapted to the living environment of hunters and gatherers, which has been long-lasting in human history. Hunters-gatherers form a band consisting of about 50 (30-100) persons and move in a more or less vaguely defined territory (1,000-3,000 km2). The unsuitableness of human nature for modern scientific civilization has caused various problems. Always keeping human nature in mind when considering human living and work is the philosophical background of human ergology. Two real-life working conditions in agriculture, the packing of leeks and promoting a system for securing employees in strawberry production, are presented.
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Kyushu Institute of Design, 4-9-11, Shlobara, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, 815-8540 Japan.
D000383:Agriculture / Q000458:organization & administration; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D005075:Biological Evolution; D006804:Ergonomics; D005511:Food Handling; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012107:Research Design; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D014937:Work