The Consonance of Organizational Ergonomics in Indian Construction

Piyush Sharma, M.Tech Student, Sakshi Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, ASET, Amity University, Haryana, India

Factors Affecting The Productivity Of Labor

Ergonomics, also known as human factor, is a deductive discipline perturbed with the correlation among human beings and other elements of workplace. It is a field that administers principles, methods and techniques to design a workplace or system in order to ameliorate the productivity of humans. This discipline subsists of physical ergonomics, organizational ergonomics, and cognitive ergonomics as the main three spheres. The work presents exhaustive inquisition on organizational or corporate ergonomics in construction industry of India. Organizational ergonomics is mainly exercised with the augmentation of organizational structure, products, policies and processes. This paper analyzes the various ergonomics principles such as effective task design, complexity, interaction systems, labor productiveness and stakeholders act. These principles are very vital for a construction firm so as to create a sturdy work environment.

Introduction

In India, nearly 45% of the investment has accounted for construction/infrastructure during the past 5 decades. Around 16-18% of the country's working population directly or indirectly depends on construction for its alimentation. Over 30 million people are engaged in Indian construction industry that generates capital worth over ₹200 billion.