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HUMAN FACTOR [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
DEF

A body of scientific facts detailing specific human characteristics.

OBS

Human factors cover all biomedical and psychosocial considerations including principles and applications in the areas of human engineering, personnel selection, training, life support, job performance aids and human performance evaluation.

OBS

human factor: The plural form of this term (human factors) and the definition have been officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel, the Air Force Terminology Panel (Trenton) and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

Key term(s)
  • human factors

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
DEF

Ensemble de faits scientifiques décrivant des caractéristiques humaines particulières.

OBS

Les facteurs humains englobent toutes les considérations biomédicales et psychosociales, dont les principes et les applications propres aux domaines de l'ergonomie, de la sélection du personnel, de l'instruction, de la survie, des aides à l'exécution du travail et de l'évaluation du rendement humain.

OBS

facteur humain : Le terme au pluriel (facteurs humains) a été uniformisé par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de la Force aérienne (Trenton); le terme au pluriel (facteurs humains) et la définition ont été uniformisés par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

Key term(s)
  • facteurs humains

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

The [avalanche] accident was a result of human factors in the group. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

human factor: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Des facteurs humains sont à l'origine de l'accident. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

facteur humain : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Management Operations (General)
DEF

In leadership one measure of the effectiveness of a leader.

OBS

Human factors reflect the state of the human resources in an organization. Human factors include morale, amount and type of communication, level of motivation, commitment to objectives, and level of conflict.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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