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Framework for describing complex systems
Cognitive work analysis (CWA) is a conceptual framework developed to model complex sociotechnical systems with a focus on understanding work constraints rather than prescribing specific procedures. Originally developed at Risø National Laboratory in Denmark by Jens Rasmussen and colleagues in the 1980s, CWA emerged as part of the broader field of cognitive engineering. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Cognitive work analysisA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Technology in the emergency department: Using cognitive work analysis to model and design sustainable systemsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: [Papers presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Ontario Educational Research Council, Toronto, Ontario, December 1-2, 1978]The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Using cognitive work analysis to explore activity allocation within military domainsCited 72 times
- Go sideways: Work domain analysisA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Cognitive ergonomicsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Using cognitive work analysis to explore activity allocation within military domains
Twenty Years of Cognitive Work Analysis in Health Care
Beyond interface design: Further applications of cognitive work analysis
Cognitive Work Analysis for safe and efficient driving
Team Cognitive Work Analysis
Using Cognitive Work Analysis to fit decision support tools to nurse managers’ work flow
Analysis of Cognitive Work
From work analysis to work design: A review of cognitive work analysis design applications
🆕 Influential since 2022
Technology in the emergency department: Using cognitive work analysis to model and design sustainable systems
Improving escalation of deteriorating patients through cognitive task analysis: Understanding differences between work-as-prescribed and work-as-done
Comparative analysis of cognitive load associated with passive and active back-support exoskeleton use for construction work
How does cognitive behavior therapy for dissociative seizures work? A mediation analysis of the CODES trial
Effects of Shift Work on Cognitive and Motor Performance in Nurses: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕[Papers presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Ontario Educational Research Council, Toronto, Ontario, December 1-2, 1978]Ontario Educational Research Council. Conference · 1966
Cognitive work analysisDaniel P. Jenkins · 2008
A guide to rational livingAlbert Ellis, Robert A. Harper · 1961- 📕Contemporary ResearchMichael McNeese, Eduardo Salas · 2020
Talent is OverratedGeoff Colvin · 1844
Teaching for thinkingLouis Edward Raths, Selma Wassermann · 1967- 📕Classification schemes for collection mediation. Work-centered design and cognitive work analysisHanne Albrechtsen · 2003
Activité collective et apprentissageJérôme Guérin · 2012
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