4. Conclusions
Ergonomics is essential for the success any organization due to its interdisciplinary character. It involves knowledge and experience of experts from various domains and it ensures workplace safety, health and well-being. In nowadays changing and permanently developing cultural and technical context, implementing ergonomics in organizations would be almost impossible and certainly inefficient if it were made without the help of KM. The main reason that stands behind this statement is that a KM system has a set of requirements that offer the best conditions for implementing ergonomics solutions, including the following:
x Knowledge is a very subjective notion and its use and storage should not be reduced to documents, computer files and organizational information. Knowledge extends from workers experience to technical innovations and economic changes;
x Organizations should pay special attention to the communication method used, as knowledge becomes useless if workers are not encouraged to learn it and use it in their daily activity;
x The social context of knowledge transfer is very often informal. This is highly important when considering the time and context of knowledge transfer;
x Organizations should pay special attention to the management style and the organizational culture. Employees should feel important, respected and motivated to learn and achieve higher levels of self-development in order to be open for major changes such as ergonomics interventions.
