Information Overload - Design options for workplaces

(in German)

In both professional and everyday life, digital media give us access to an ever-increasing amount of information. This flood of information can become a source of strain, with potential negative effects on concentration and health. The baua: Praxis brochure illustrates how companies can deal with information overload and create working conditions that promote employee well-being. It is aimed at everyone responsible for designing work environments within a company – particularly in service and knowledge-based professions, but also in other sectors.

Please download the complete brochure "Information Overload - Design options for workplaces" (in German only).

Bibliographic information

Title:  Informationsflut - Gestaltungsansätze für Betriebe

Written by:  G. Junghanns, A. Schulz-Dadaczynski

1. edition.  Dortmund:  Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, 2025. 
ISBN: 978-3-88261-774-0, pages: 39, Project number: F 2511, PDF file, DOI: 10.21934/baua:praxis20250528

Further Publications

Dealing with Time Pressure, Pressure to Perform, and Information Overload

baua: Guidance 2025

(in German)

Many employees will know the feeling: there are only supposed to be eight hours in the working day, but you have a long list of things to do and your email inbox is overflowing. You have meetings to go to and deadlines to hit. Clients need to be kept happy, emails are waiting to be answered, …

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Time and performance pressure - Design options for workplaces

baua: Guidance 2025

(in German)

Time and performance pressure are part of everyday working life for many employees – with potential consequences for health, motivation, and performance. This baua: Praxis guide helps companies to recognise the strain on their workforce caused by time and performance pressure at an early stage. It …

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Research Project

Project numberF 2511 StatusCompleted Project Organisational job design of time and performance pressure and information overload

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Research completed