The Economics of Human Systems Integration: Valuation of Investments in People’s Training and Education, Safety and Health, and Work Productivity

Human Systems Integration is a new but fundamental integrating discipline in moving business and engineering cultures toward a more people–technology orientation. Economics of Human Systems Integration provides essential economic concepts, principles, methods, and tools on systems integration issues and tradeoffs. This text focuses on human issues associated with design, development, production, operations, maintenance, and sustainment of complex systems. Professionals and students will enjoy the wide range of real–world applications, tools, methods for economic analysis, and the different executives and government’s perspectives on economic decision–making.

Spis treści:
Section I: Introduction.
1. Introduction (William B. Rouse, Georgia Institute of Technology).
2. Industry & Commercial Context (William B. Rouse, Georgia Institute of Technology).
3. Government & Defense Context (William B. Rouse and Douglas A. Bodner, Georgia Institute of Technology).
Section II: Economics Overview.
4. Human Capital Economics (William B. Rouse, Georgia Institute of Technology).
5. Labor Economics (Nachum Sicherman, Columbia University).
6. (Defense Economics (Keith Hartley, York University).
7. Engineering Economics (William B. Rouse, Georgia Institute of Technology).
Second III: Models, Methods & Tools.
8. Parametric Cost Estimation for Human Systems Integration (Ricardo Valerdi and Kevin Liu, MIT).
9. A Spreadsheet–Based Tool for Simple Cost–Benefit Analyses of HSI Contributions During Software Application Development (Deborah Mayhew, Mayhew and Associates).
10. Multi–Stage Real Options (Michael Pennock, Northrop–Grumman).
11. Organizational Simulation for Economic Assessment (Douglas A. Bodner, Georgia Institute of Technology).
Sectio n IV: Case Studies.
12. HSI Practices In Program Management: Case Studies of Aegis (Aruna Apte, Naval Postgraduate School).
13. The Economic Impact Of Integrating Ergonomics Within An Automotive Production Facility (W. Gary Allread and William S. Marras, Ohio State University).
14. How Behavioral and Biometric Health Risk Factors Can Predict Medical and Productivity Costs for Employers (Ron Z. Goetzel, Enid Chung Roemer, Maryam Tabrizi, Rivka Liss–Levinson, and Daniel K. Samoly, Emory University and Thomson–Reuters).
15. Options for Surveillance & Reconnaissance (William B. Rouse, Georgia Institute of Technology).
16. Governing Opportunism in International Armaments Collaboration: The Role of Trust (Ethan Kapstein, INSEAD).