Ergonomics and Anthropometry Part 1

1. Compare the two types of setup and state reasons why one of the setup is preferred.

The setup where the man wearing black clothes is preferred rather than the setup with the man in the white suit. This is because the man in black's desk is not cluttered, is very neat has a chair with lots of freedom, while the man in white's desk is totally cluttered, has no space for other things is unsightly and the chair is really obstructing the user.

2. What are the area of considerations when designing a conducive and comfortable workplace?

The considerations are: The chair, the amount of space on the desk, the arrangement of things placed on the table, the things placed on the table.

3. State the reasons why these considerations are important.

It is because the chair determines the amount of freedom the person has, the amount of space allows whether there are many or few things, the arrangement determines the look of the table, which makes the workplace more conducive, and the things placed on the table determines if the table is cluttered or not.