Macrocognition: The Science and Engineering of Sociotechnical Work Systems

• Main Author: Paul Ward (auth)
• Other Authors: Robert J. B. Hutton (auth), Gareth E. Conway (auth), Jan Maarten Schraagen (auth), Erich J. Petushek (auth), Robert R. Hoffman (auth), David Peebles (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; Adaptive thinking; Cognition; human performance; Expertise; Complexity
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The increasing complexity of work systems and changes in the nature of workplace technology over the past century have resulted in an exponential shift in the nature of work activities, from physical labor to cognitive work. Modern work systems have many characteristics that make them cognitively co...