WEEK.28. Macroergonomics

Macroergonomics, as best-defined by the late Dr. Hal Hendrick, is “a top-down socio-technical systems approach to work system design, and the carry through to the design of jobs, hardware and software. Though conceptually top-down, in actual practice it tends to be bottom up, middle out and (also) top down in practice, so that it hits all levels of the organization in the process of doing a macroergonomic evaluation.”

A macroergonomic program is a more proactive, holistic approach to preventing workplace injuries—one that, because of its long-range nature, can be more impactful and allow for a more sustained buy-in from all stakeholders.

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