The aim of this paper is to present how to teach an “ergonomizing” action based on a systemic and systematic approach. The following program has been used, since 1981, in ergonomics courses for industrial designers, safety engineers, work medicine, work nursing. All students have to chose an industry or part of a manufacturing plant, an office or human-task-system involving clerical work, a computerised information system, or a traditional information system to implement an “ergonomizing” action
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