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Ergonomics and Inclusive Service Design: Exploring Possibilities for Its Application in a Developing World City

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Advances in Design for Inclusion (AHFE 2017)

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This study aimed to explore possibilities in applying Ergonomics and the Inclusive Service Design approach for evaluating and designing services more inclusive in a developing world city. The study comprised a series of evaluation workshops with staff members of two public services in Guadalajara, Mexico. A questionnaire was developed to collect opinions of 123 participants on the usefulness of this approach for improving the services in which they were working. Results suggest that participants considered Ergonomics and Inclusive service Design as useful tools to cover the needs of a broader number of users without neglecting the needs of people providing the service. However, the results also suggest that exist several financial and political obstacles to implementing this approach in that context. This paper argues the potential of Ergonomics and Inclusive Service Design for service improvement, especially in the context of less developed countries.

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Thanks to the IJAM, in particular to Luis Cisneros and Alejandra Aguirre for the support for the workshops implementation. As well as, personnel of the SITEUR and SEMOV for all the facilities granted for the implementation of the workshops.

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  1. Ergonomics Research Centre, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico

    Carlos Aceves-Gonzalez

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    Giuseppe Di Bucchianico

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Aceves-Gonzalez, C. (2018). Ergonomics and Inclusive Service Design: Exploring Possibilities for Its Application in a Developing World City. In: Di Bucchianico, G., Kercher, P. (eds) Advances in Design for Inclusion. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 587. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60597-5_35

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