Industrial Engineering for Science Consuming Industry. Part 1. Tutorial

5. The content of lectures

Module 1: Theoretical foundations of the concept of human factors engineering (10 hours)

Theme 1.1. General concepts, essence and the history of occurance

The development of a man and his role in creation of the means of production. The emergence of the meaning of human factor engineering. Prospects of study. A man’s role in production safety. The necessity of human factor study and the ways of effecting it.

Theme 1.2. Anthropological and psychophysiological characteristics of a person. Their measurements.

Anthropological principal in modern cognition. Anthropological characteristics of a person. The main concepts of psychology of cognition and cognitive psychology (general overview).Sensitivity thresholds. Evaluation methods of sensitivity thresholds. Sensitivity dynamics. Sensorimotor reactions. Reaction time and evaluation of decision making quality.

Main psychophysiological laws. Experimental proof of physical laws and examples of its practical application.

Theme 1.3. Study and evaluation of psychological characteristics of a person.

Main ideas of modern cognitive science (general overview). The structure of cognitive processes. Cognition and consciousness. Functional states and consciousness states. Attention. Memory. Thinking process. Main models of cognitive processes and their experimental proof (general overview). Evaluation methods of cognitive processes characteristics. Cognitive resources. Effectiveness evaluation and planning of cognitive resources application in management systems.

Theme 1.4. Study and evaluation of personal characteristics of a person.

Personality concepts in psychology, sociology, philosophy. Subjective control and volitional regulation. Functional states. Affects and affective reactions. Temperament and character. Personality features. Concept of character accentuations. Personality factor models (general overview).

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Theme 1.5. Analyzers of a person. Their role in activity. The basics of psychophysiology of hearing and displaying audio information.

The basics of psychophysiology of smell, taste and other senses, psychophysiological characteristics of corresponding analyzers, main psychophysiological models of these analyzers.

Module 2: Psychology of safety and personal safety

Theme 2.1. Human exposure to accidents. The history of this

issue.

The psychological component of human safety. Personal factors predisposing a person to danger and creation of accidents.

Security components: technological, commercial, personal and environmental safety, labor protection, etc. Safety indicators and security assessment technologies. Overview of the main regulations governing the common technological safety and health.

Functions of HR services and safety inspections.

Control of technological safety. Special, responsible, dangerous, hazardous working conditions. A review of regulatory documents defining the rules of access, operation, work and rest hours, etc. for staff in the workplace with heavy, harmful, dangerous and highly responsible working conditions.

Theme 2.2. Risk factor

Modern approaches, concepts, models. The main types of accidents and emergencies. Evaluating the effectiveness of emergency management and emergency situations. The concept of the mechanisms of psychological trauma, immediate and long-term consequences of stressful situations. Affective and frustration state, affective reactions.

Theme 2.3. Professional psychological adaptation

Functional characteristics and functional states (general overview). General principles for design of systems of psychological, medical and psychological monitoring.

Subjective novelty and related psychological effects. The problem of introduction of new employees. The problem of professional growth. The speed of personal, administrative and professional career growth. Moral aging of technologies and the problem of retraining the staff. Social and professional maladjustment. Identification of maladjustment. Assessment of

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the dynamics of learning and staff disqualification and identification of the retraining intervals.

Theme 2.4. The effects of stress and fatigue problems

Problems of «tehnostress» and «infostress», and their social consequences. «Emotional burnout of a person», its causes and consequences.Main trends and issues of humanization of modern technologies. Non-industrial infrastructure and efficiency of the stuff. Nonindustrial infrastructure design (general overview ).

Module 3: Basic theory of human resource management in the region (10 hours)

Theme 3.1. The nature, content, conditions and region concept

factors.

Approaches to the definition of the concept «region»: territorial, economic, socio-economic, administrative. The region as a socio-economic system. Signs of the region, classification of regions. The functions of the region. Development of the region, factors of economic growth in the region. Principles and methods of regional economics and human resource management. The meaning and functions of the regional human resource management.

Theme 3.2. The modern world labor market trends, regulatory

system

Changes in the level of employment and unemployment in the world. International division of labor. Geographical and sectoral structure of employment and unemployment. The role of globalization and regionalization in the formation of the world labor market. Dynamics and the number of the workforce. Factors and trends in international migration. Migration processes in Russia.

The role of technologies in shaping of the labor market. Directions and state support for the development of information and communication technologies (Russian and foreign experience).

Theme 3.3. The human resources of the region: the accumulation and use.

Theory of human resources. Human resources as a factor of development and competitiveness of the organization (company) and the region. Features and elements of human resources. Investment in human resources. Stages of reproduction and circulation of human resources. Human

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Potential Development Index as an indicator of human resource development.

Theme 3.4. Human resources in the region and problems of its

growth

The state of Russian human resources, development issues and the formation of human resources. Human Potential Development Index of Russian regions. Assessment of human resources in the region (methods). Conditions and ways of development of human resources in the region.

Theme 3.5. The relationship between the development of human resources and competitiveness of the region.

Priorities and aspects of employment policy. Assessment of the region's competitiveness in the labor market. Education as a factor in the formation of human resources in the region. Investment in education. Environmental conditions of life as a factor in human development.

6. The content of seminar/practical/lab classes

During the seminars, the following educational technology was used:

-Teamwork;

-Brainstorming;

-Discussion;

-Case analysis;

-Applying analytical tasks;

-Self-fulfillment and creative writing assignments;

-Electronic presentations;

-testing

Module 1: Theoretical foundations of the concept of human factors engineering (10 hours)

Theme 1.2. Anthropological and psychophysiological characteristics of a person. Their measurements.

1.Explain the statement of N.A. Berdyaev: «The Anthropological way - the only way of knowing the universe».

2.What caused intense interest to the person in modern science? Write a short essay about this.

3.What are the modern branches of knowledge that are built on the anthropological way of knowing.

Completing tasks:

1.Carry out testing on the asymmetry of the cerebral hemispheres.

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Discuss the results in the group. Come up with their own assessment of interpretation of test results.

2.Based on the knowledge of stage performance, how would you rate their own behavior. Give full characteristics.

3.Identification of psychophysiological characteristics of the person (reaction time), the interpretation of the results and drawing of conclusions (4 hours).

Educational Technology: group work, brainstorming, discussion, problem-based learning, preparation of reports based on the theme of a lesson.

Theme 1.3. The study and evaluation of psychological characteristics of the person.

1.Definition of the psychological characteristics of the person

using the

Schulte Method.

2.Determination of the psychological characteristics of the person using the method Platonov - Gorbova.

3.Interpretation of the results and drawing of conclusions.

4.Evaluation of the possibility of using a person in some form of professional activity (student's choice), speech in the form of a report.

Educational Technology: group work, brainstorming, discussion, problem-based learning, preparation of reports based on the theme of a lesson.

Theme 1.4. The study and assessment of personal characteristics of the person.

Performance of tasks (in the form of a round table):

1.The connection between temperament and accentuation of the

character.

2.Determination of the personal characteristics by means of

different methods:

- Isenk Test.

- mm Hg Method.

- Preparation of the test. - Summary of results.

- Drawing on the results of the psychological picture

- Evaluation of the possibility of using a person in some form of professional activity (student's choice), speech in the form of a report.

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Educational Technology: group work, brainstorming, discussion, problem-based learning, preparation of reports based on the theme of a lesson.

Theme 1.5. Analizors of a person. Their role in the activity

1.Features of the visual analyzer.

2.Can temperature changes due to the place of residence or work rotation schedule affect the performance of human resources. (groups discussion: one group is for, another group is against )

3.How does the knowledge of the characteristics analyzer muscle feeling affect the preparation of the working space.

4.Name the pain threshold on the skin of the abdomen and the fingertips. Give examples of your own sensitivity. And how it can affect the type of professional activity, which you do.

Performance of tasks (in the form of a round table):

1.Present a report on the content of analyzers and verification

methods.

Thesis presentation.

Educational Technology: brainstorming, discussions, round tables, problem-based learning, preparation of reports based on the theme of a lesson.

Module 2: Psychology of safety and personal safety (8 hours)

Theme 2.1. Human exposure to accidents. The history of this

issue.

1.Psychological characteristics of a person as a cause of increased accidents and injuries in the workplace.

2.The basic processes of human interaction with the machine.

3.Give examples of research in the field of the human factor in the increased risk in the workplace.

Performance of tasks (in the form of a round table):

1.Discuss the analytical data (prepared in advance) in cases of accidents at work.

2.Discuss the famous film-plots with cases of human fault in accidents in the workplace.

Presentation of analytical data.

Educational Technology: teamwork, brainstorming, discussion, role play, problem-based learning, preparation of reports based on the

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theme of a lesson.

Theme 2.2. Risk factors

Performance of tasks (in the form of a business game):

1.Modern riskology: approaches, concepts, models (held to discuss the reports with presentations in the form of a round table).

2.The typology of responses to risk.

3.Formation of a package of psychological tests to identify personality characteristics on risk inclination.

Educational Technology: teamwork, brainstorming, discussion, role play, problem-based learning, preparation of reports based on the theme of a lesson.

Theme 2.3. Professional psychological adaptation

Performance of tasks (in the form of a business game):

1.Discussion of principals of design of systems of psychological, medical and psychological monitoring (based on prepared materials).

2.Construction and discussion of virtual models of psychological monitoring of psychological adaptation (business game: each team on the example of a particular company creates its own model and presents it in front of the group of experts)

Educational Technology: teamwork, brainstorming, discussion, role play, problem-based learning, preparation of reports based on the theme of a lesson.

Theme 2.4. The effects of stress and fatigue problems

1.The concept of stress.

2.Efficient use of stress.

3.The negative effects of stress.

4.Fatigue as psychophysiological characteristics. Performance of tasks (in the form of testing):

1.Carry out different kinds of testing stress.

2.Justify the interpretation

3.Prepare a psychological portrait of a person based on the aspect

of stress resistance.

4. Create a psychological portrait of a tired man.

Educational Technology: teamwork, brainstorming, discussion, role play, problem-based learning, preparation of reports based on the theme of a lesson.

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Module 3: Basic theory of human resource management in the region (10 hours)

Theme 3.1. The nature, content, conditions and region concept

factors.

1.Approaches to the definition of the concept «region»: territorial, economic, socio-economic, administrative.

2.The region as a socio-economic system.

3.Signs of the region, classification of regions. The functions of the

region.

4.Development of the region, factors of economic growth in the

region.

5.Regional economics and management.

Performance of tasks (in the form of a business game):

1.Substantiate that the Republic of Tatarstan is a socio-economic system (task will be executed in the group in accordance with the theoretical foundations).

2.Classify regions of Russia (Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Ulyanovsk region, Nizhny Novgorod region, and others.) based on the material at hand.

3.Discussion of the factors of economic growth of the Republic of

Tatarstan:

- Internal factors - External factors

- The state of the industry, - Level of education,

- What factors are critical for growth.

Educational Technology: teamwork, brainstorming, discussion, role play, problem-based learning, preparation of reports based on the theme of a lesson.

Theme 3.2. The modern world labor market trends, regulatory

system

1.The level of employment and unemployment in the world.

2.International division of labor.

3.Geographical and sectoral structure of employment and unemployment.

4.The role of globalization and regionalization in the formation of the world labor market.

5.Dynamics and the number of the workforce.

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6. Trends and problems in labor markets of Europe, USA and

Russia.

7. The influence of international migration on regional labor markets.

Performance of tasks (in the form of discussions, prior preparation on these issues):

-Describe the major trends in the global labor market.

-Identify the problems of the labor market in Russia and its

regions.

- Assess the impact of migration on the labor market in Russia. Educational Technology: discussion, group brainstorming,

problem-based learning,

preparation of reports based on the theme of a lesson.

Theme 3.3. The human resources of the region: the accumulation and use

1.Theory of human resources.

2.Human resources as a factor of development and competitiveness of the region.

3.Features and elements of human resources in the region.

4.Investment in human resources of the region.

5.Stages of reproduction and circulation of human resources.

6.Human Potential Development Index as an indicator of human resource development.

Performance of tasks (in the form of a game)

1.Determine the value of human resources for the individual, enterprises and regions (group work, each group plays the role of a resident, a business and a region).

2.Specify the elemental composition of human resources in the

region.

3.Describe the human resources of a region in Russia (using data prepared in the process of home study).

Thesis presentation.

Educational Technology: business game, group brainstorming, problem-based learning, preparation of reports and presentations based on the theme of a lesson,

thesis presentation.

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Theme 3.4. Human resources in the region and problems of its

growth

1.Priorities and aspects of employment policy. Economic aspects of decent work. Social partnership.

2.Social and economic efficiency of different types of employment.

3.Education as a factor in the formation of human resources.

4.Investment in education.

Performance of tasks (discussion):

1.Determine the meaning of decent work, its characteristics (each explains what «decent work» means to them, what they expect of an employer and working conditions etc.)

2.Discuss the priorities of employment policy (which today is relevant in the management of the labor market at the regional level, the main instruments of employment policy).

3.Assess the impact of pension systems, education, environment of Russian regions on its competitiveness, including the labor market.

Thesis presentation.

Educational Technology: discussions, group brainstorming, problem-based learning, preparation of reports and presentations based on the theme of a lesson, and applying analytical assignments, thesis presentation.

Theme 3.5. Connection between human resource development and competitiveness of the region

Classes are held in the form of presentation of projects on «Human Resource Development Strategy of the Republic of Tatarstan (or another region, the student's choice, in terms of greater relevance for him)».

Final testing.

Educational Technology: a round table and discussion, brainstorming, preparation and thesis presentation, tests.

7.Tasks for independent work of students, forms of organization, conduct and control of CDS

Tasks and topics: Topics of seminars (p.4 of this work program) Form of control: Tests. Survey. Discussion. Participation in game

situations.

Form CDS: Study of theoretical material

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