General Principles

The resultant perception is often not a true reflection of the external world.

This can be advantageous when it is in our interest for differences between features in the external world to be exaggerated but potentially catastrophic when perceptual illusions lead us to take inappropriate behaviour.

The HSI Framework – seven domains

• The HSI Framework – seven domains

• Manpower
• Personnel
• Training
• Human Factors Engineering (aka Ergonomics)
• Workplace design
• Anthropometry
• Critical Dimensions
• System Safety
• Health Hazards
• Social & Organisational

• HSI often called Human Factors Integration (HFI) – HFI is really the process by which HSI is applied to equipment procurement