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This book is about applied psychology. Specifically, it is concerned with the
application of psychological principles and techniques to the specific situations and
problems of aviation. The book is meant to inform the student of psychology about…

Veridical perception of visual cues is necessary for spatial orientation and
controlling our movements as we navigate within our environment. Driving and
athletics are two arenas with which everyone can associate in terms of visually
guided…

In view of the diversity of the readers of this book, it is probably sensible to define
several levels of complexity. The basic level (Level 1 in Figure 0.1) explains which
ergonomic factors (e.g., back support) play a role in sleeping (Chapter…

WHAT EVERY E-LEARNING designer, developer, and manager wants, at least once in a while, is information and ideas that were use- ful to others. How did other people solve particular problems in the creation, distribution, and tracking of software…

This book explores, but does not systematically chart, a large and sometimes controversial subject with
indefinite boundaries. It is the outgrowth of a multidisciplinary conference convened at Duke University in
the fall of 1993 to address…

Beyond E-Learning comes at a time of great transformation in how individuals and organizations learn and how they transfer learning into performance and value. Training—in the classroom and online—remains as important as ever, but it can’t do…

In these challenging and fast-moving times, organizations of all kinds are focusing increased attention on workforce performance and strategically important organizational results. Top managers want to know the payoff in performance and results for…

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) (1995) about 58 per cent of the
world’s population over the age of 10 years spend one-third of their time at work. This
collective work generates US $21.6 trillion as gross domestic product which…

One of the most important factors in creating blended learning solutions
is to recognize where it fits in the broader context of organizational
learning and development. Much of the underpinning concepts of
learning and development have already…

What is astonishing about this statement is that, even so recently as a decade ago, it needed to be made at all. The gap in systematic boardroom development was generally unrecognized until the last decade of the twentieth century. Prior to that,…