Present paper is about to present ergonomics as an individual domain of knowledge and to trace its goal. The elaboration consists five parts. The first one illustrates the discussion over the issue of ergonomics. The second one presents criterions of erudition and discusses various ideas of term „paradigm”. Third part consists general frames of development of ergonomics in Poland and in the world and three stages of evolution of ergonomics. Fourth part of the paper characterizes the contribution of so-called „Poznań school” into global development of ergonomics. The last – fifth part is a conclusion of paper’s content.

Editorial – 5 Part I Development and Entrepreneurship 7 1. Jasiak Aleksandra – Determinants of development of contemporary ergonomics 9 2. Pacholski Leszek, Trzcieliński Stefan, Wyrwicka Magdalena – Formation of regional macroergonomic zones of business coompetition 25 3. Skulska Małgorzata, Kawecka-Endler Aleksandra – Methods of identyfication of factors occuring in the company’s urrounding 41 4. Wejman Małgorzata, Żurawski Piotr – Subjectification of human factor in a company through implementation of lean manufacturing concept 51 5. Sławińska Małgorzata – Ergonomic modification of automated systems 63 6. Jasiak Aleksandra – Motives underlying entrepreneurship: Macroergonomic factors in technical design 75 7. Spychała Małgorzata, Ragin-Skorecka Katarzyna – Social climate as element of company identity in chosen educational organization: Results of researches 91 Part II Industrial Safety and Work Conditions Management 105 8. Tytyk Edwin – Management of work conditions quality through ergonomic designing of work condition sources 107 9. Springer Katarzyna, Górny Adam – Use of ergonomic solutions in industrial safety formation 117 10. Górny Adam – Ergonomic requirements in system management of industrial safety 127 11. Budniak Ewa – Functioning of a quality control system of work conditions in electro-chemical industry manufacturing enterprise 139 12. Grzybowski Wiesław – Use of sociotechnical system working time analysis to define selected macroergonomic parameters 147 Part III Quality Management of the Production Process Improvement 159 13. Gołaś Hanna, Mazur Anna – Macroergonomic aspects of a quality management system 161 14. Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek Małgorzta – Macroergonomic design for improved quality performance in maintenance 171 15. Wieczorek Ryszard – Macroergonomic formation of product quality level 183 16. Woś Anna, Prussak Waldemar – Macroergonomic approach to process improvement with the use of pro-quality methods and tools 195 17. Wojdyński Grzegorz – A model of conducting an internal audit in a small enterprise: Macroergonomic approach 205 Part IV Macroergonomic Aspects of Environmental Management 219 18. Mateja Bogna – Macroergonomic aspect of environmental management programmes exploitation 221 19. Sterna Krzysztof – New models of enterprise management , versus environmental management and problems of macroergonomics 229 20. Łuczak Agata – Algorithm in a method of selecting procedural strategies for environment protection in chemical industry enterprises 241 21. Janik Stanisław, Gabryelewicz Izabela – Environmental aspects of enterprises restructuring 253

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