| Description |
xvii, 524 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
1. Productivity and the Quality of Life -- 2. Work Study and Productivity -- 3. Work Study, the Approach -- 4. The Human Factor in the Application of Work Study -- 5. Working Conditions and the Working Environment -- 6. Method Study and the Selection of Jobs -- 7. Record, Examine, Develop -- 8. Movement of Workers in the Working Area -- 9. Methods and Movements at the Workplace -- 10. Evaluate, Define, Install, Maintain -- 11. Method Study in the Office -- 12. Production Design and Materials Utilization -- 13. Quality Control -- 14. Layout, Handling and Process Planning -- 15. Production Planning and Control -- 16. Inventory Control -- 17. Maintenance -- 18. General Remarks on Work Measurement -- 19. Work Sampling and Structured Estimating -- 20. Time Study: The Equipment -- 21. Time Study: Selecting and Timing the Job -- 22. Time Study: Rating -- 23. Time Study: From Study to Standard Time -- 24. Setting Time Standards for Work with Machines -- 25. Example of a Time Study -- 26. Predetermined Time Standards -- 27. Standard Data -- 28. The Use of Time Standards -- 29. Combining Methods and Tasks: New Forms of Work Organization |
| Analysis |
Evaluation techniques |
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Labour productivity |
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Overseas item |
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Time management |
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Work design |
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Working conditions |
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Working environment |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 503-505 |
| Subject |
Methods engineering.
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Time study.
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Work measurement.
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| Author |
Kanawaty, George.
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International Labour Office.
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| ISBN |
9221071081 |
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