Objective: this study consists the adoption an innovation management approach to improve the production process in a company located in the Industrial Pole of Manaus (IPM) using the ergonomics and conception methodology in the production environment.
Methodology: This research was qualitative in the format of action research. Its adopted a model for innovation management based on the ergonomics and conception approach. The step-by-step design was used to develop the solution in the company. Four methods were used in this research: individual semi-structured interviews; collective semi-structured interviews; participant observation; and simultaneous and consecutive verbalizations.
Main results: Key outcomes include improved operational performance, the implementation of process innovation, and enhanced knowledge sharing. Ergonomics and conception enriched the organisational intervention by fostering greater employee participation in both the design and implementation of process innovations.
Relevance: This study underscores the importance of pursuing an ethnographic engineering approach, which can contribute to project design in engineering and other knowledge domains. This approach is rooted in a social process that prioritises understanding the object worlds of each individual involved.
Theoretical contributions: The primary contribution lies in addressing a gap in the literature concerning the applicability of ergonomics and conception in innovation management projects within industrial settings.
Management contributions: The proposed methodology can be adapted for other engineering and innovation management projects, offering practitioners a framework to solve problems from a perspective of the centrality of work and ethnographic engineering.
Objective: this study consists the adoption an innovation management approach to improve the production process in a company located in the Industrial Pole of Manaus (IPM) using the ergonomics and conception methodology in the production environment. Methodology: This research was qualitative in the format of action research. Its adopted a model for innovation management based on the ergonomics and conception approach. The step-by-step design was used to develop the solution in the company. Four methods were used in this research: individual semi-structured interviews; collective semi-structured interviews; participant observation; and simultaneous and consecutive verbalizations. Main results: Key outcomes include improved operational performance, the implementation of process innovation, and enhanced knowledge sharing. Ergonomics and conception enriched the organisational intervention by fostering greater employee participation in both the design and implementation of process innovations. Relevance: This study underscores the importance of pursuing an ethnographic engineering approach, which can contribute to project design in engineering and other knowledge domains. This approach is rooted in a social process that prioritises understanding the object worlds of each individual involved. Theoretical contributions: The primary contribution lies in addressing a gap in the literature concerning the applicability of ergonomics and conception in innovation management projects within industrial settings. Management contributions: The proposed methodology can be adapted for other engineering and innovation management projects, offering practitioners a framework to solve problems from a perspective of the centrality of work and ethnographic engineering. Read More