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Dennis R. Baltzley

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1989
 
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Baltzley, Dennis R., Kennedy, Robert S. and Turnage, Janet J. (1989): Assessing Fitness-for-Duty: An Alternative to Problems Associated with Drug Testing in the Workplace. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 33rd Annual Meeting 1989. pp. 816-819.

“A projected 20-33% of U S. companies are involved in some type of drug screening. Usually, the larger companies implement these programs with over 50% of the Fortune 500 companies reporting testing (Walsh, 1988). In federally regulated industry the percentage of drug screening varies as a function of public safety. For example, 91% of the utilities have a program, as do 81% of the transportation industry, 45% of manufacturing, 34.5% of the communications industry. Industry, both public and private, is becoming increasingly aware of the price paid by the organization and the individual when alcohol/drug misuse is present in the workplace. Some of these testing programs use a least intrusive approach and screen only after an accident, fight, or other "probable cause" event (Walsh, 1988). However, many organizations administer programs on a regular basis through random testing (NIDA, 1988). These organizations include the Department of Transportation, Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Navy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Treasury, Customs, Secret Service, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Postal Service, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and many public utilities.”

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Jones, Marshall B., Kennedy, Robert S., Kuntz, Lois A. and Baltzley, Dennis R. (1987): Isoperformance: Trading Off Selection, Training, and Equipment Variations to Maintain the Same Level of Systems Performance. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 31st Annual Meeting 1987. pp. 634-637.

“This paper details an Air Force sponsored project known as Isoperformance. Isoperformance (iso meaning same) is a conceptual approach to human factors engineering. The focus of isoperformance is that the same level of performance can be attained by different combinations of personnel, training, and equipment. This goal is, once these combinations have been determined, a choice among them can be made in terms of maximum feasibility or minimum cost. The program takes into account human engineering, personnel, and training research. The specific focus of this paper will be the interactive computer program. Input to the isoperformance program, made by the user, includes the system, the task, a quantified definition of proficient performance as well as other specifications.”

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“ Computer programs emerge as the outcome of complex human processes of cognition, communication and negotiation, which serve to establish the meaningful embedding of the computer system in its intended use context. ”

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