Topic > The workplace environment and its impact on employees...

In ergonomics, the main concept is the relationship between people, their work and the things they use in the workplace. The relationship and how these factors depend on each other influence their functioning and efficiency. This means that good, established relationships increase efficiency by increasing speed and improving the quality of the final result. Poor relations between workers and the environment cause a decline in the quality of activities, and in the long run, errors can also occur (Shaver and Braun 3). Negative attributes that hinder the development of quality outcomes should therefore be addressed in order to prevent errors that could severely affect an organization's progress. The concept of ergonomics can be applied in an organization that deals with actions and actions. The stockbroker's office defines a good environment according to ergonomic theories. This is because it is inside the office that all the operations and all the other objects necessary for the intermediation activity are carried out. The work environment makes an immense contribution to employee performance (Rooney, Heuvel, and Lorenzo 4). According to the securities firm, the conditions can generally be described as very bad for the employees. First, the office is located in a noisy environment, with noises reaching up to 85 decibels. This is too much noise for an office and in addition to polluting the office environment, the noise also makes conversations difficult. The environment is also hot and this makes workers uncomfortable and, due to the heat, the chances of tire and heat-induced stress increase (Anzi 40). Prolonged heat stress causes fatigue and this may be...... middle of paper ......y 2011.Shaver, Eric. F and Curt C. Braun. What are human factors and ergonomics? np, 2008. Web. July 27, 2011. Sheridan, Thomas B. “Risk, Human Error, and System Resilience: Fundamental Ideas.” The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 50.3(2008): 418-426. Print.Sutton, Ray, & Staw, B.M. “Organizational Behavior Research.” Stanford: Jai Press. 1999: 81–123. Taiwo, Akinyele. Samuel. “The Influence of Work Environment on Worker Productivity: A Case of Selected Oil and Gas Industry in Lagos, Nigeria.” African Journal of Business Management. 4.3 (2010): 299-307. Print.Weick, Karl E and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe. Handle the unexpected. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons, 2001. Print.Weick, Karl E, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe, and David Obstfeld. Organizing for high reliability: Collective awareness processes. np, 2000. Web. 27 July 2011.