Industrial Engineer Engineering and Management Solutions at Work

March 2012    |    Volume: 44    |    Number: 3

The member magazine of the Institute of Industrial Engineers

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Setting the scene for ergonomics

Live actors and action go a long way toward teaching students how to explain human factors 

By W.P. Neumann, Rheta Rosen and Katherine Turner

Being a good engineer requires more than just strong technical skills. In today’s fast-moving and globalized business environment, engineers also need strong interpersonal skills to communicate and coordinate between the many different stakeholders involved in industrial engineering projects.


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