Application and role of ergonomic innovations in small and medium-sized enterprises

Active involvement of entrepreneurs in the development and implementation of innovations is associated with the ability to use all external and internal human, material, capital and information resources, and this is associated with innovative maturity. This is determined by the level of organizational culture that uses the entrepreneurial sense, creativity and other abilities to create and implement innovations, including ergonomic innovations. Ergonomic innovations integrate the achievements of many sciences humanizing the work and life environment so that they are friendly to the psychophysical needs of the user. Small and mediumsized enterprises play an extremely important role in the Polish economy (enterprises in the territory of the Republic of Poland), constituting a strong group of 99.8% of all economic entities operating on the market. In this article, qualitative studies of ergonomic innovations have been made on the basis of complex online and paper surveys. The results of the conducted research and analyzes on ergonomic innovations can be assessed both in the substantive and utilitarian level, and the value of the article is its contribution to the development of innovation management.