Workload transition is a potentially crucial problem in work situations wherein operators are faced with abrupt changes in task demands. People involved include military combat personnel, air-traffic controllers, medical personnel in emergency rooms, and long-distance drivers. They must be able to respond efficiently to sudden increases in workload imposed by a failure, crisis, or other, often unexpected, event.

This book provides a systematic evaluation of workload transition. It focuses on a broad spectrum of activities ranging from team cooperation to the maintenance of this problem on a theoretical level and offers several practical solutions.

• Front Matter
• Summary
• 1 Team Transitions
• 2 Analogous Systems
• 3 Workload Factors
• 4 Stress
• 5 Sleep Disruption and Fatigue
• 6 Vigilance and Target Detection
• 7 Geographic Orientation
• 8 Decision Making
• 9 Strategic Task Management
• 10 Team Leadership and Crew Coordination
• 11 Training for Emergency Responses
• 12 Recommendations for Research
• Index