RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, KOTA Open Electives Syllabus B. Tech.: IV Year- VII & VIII Semester 8AN6-60.2: Factor of Human Interactions Credit: 3 Max. Marks: 150 (IA: 30, ETE: 120) 3L+0T+0P End Term Exam: 3 Hours SN CONTENTS Hours 1 Introduction: Objective, scope and outcome of the course. 1 2 Basic of Human Factor: The need to take human factors into account. Incidents 4 attributable to human factors/human error. ‘Murphy's’ law. 3 Human Performance and Limitations: Vision, Hearing, Information processing, Attention and perception, 5 Memory, Claustrophobia and physical access. 4 Social Psychology: Responsibility: individual and group, Motivation and de5 motivation, Peer pressure, ‘Culture’ issues, Team working, Management, supervision and leadership. 5 Factors Affecting Performance: Fitness/health, Stress, domestic and work related. Time pressure 6 and deadlines. Workload, overload and underload. Sleep and fatigue, shift work. Alcohol, medication, drug abuse. 6 Physical Environment and Task: Noise and fumes. Illumination, Climate and temperature, Motion 6 and vibration, Working environment. Physical work, Repetitive tasks, Visual inspection, Complex systems. 7 Communication: Within and between teams, Work logging and recording, Keeping 5 up to date, currency, Dissemination of information. 8 Human Error and Hazards in the Workplace: Error models and theories, Types of error in maintenance tasks, Implications of errors (i.e accidents), Avoiding and managing 5 errors. Recognizing and avoiding hazards, Dealing with emergencies. TOTAL 40 Scheme & Syllabus of 4th Year B. Tech. for students admitted in Session 2017-18 onwards Page 9