Format:
1 online resource (541 pages)
Edition:
4th ed.
ISBN:
9789221234845
Content:
This book describes the basic techniques of work study as practised in many parts of the world, has been widely recognized as the best available introduction to the subject for work study practitioners, teachers and students.
Content:
Intro -- Preface to the fourth (revised) edition -- Part One. Productivity, work study and the human factor -- 1. Productivity and the quality of life -- 1. Basic needs, quality of life and productivity -- 2. What is productivity? -- 3. Productivity in the individual enterprise -- 4. The task of management -- 2. Work study and productivity -- 1. Howthe total time of a job is made up -- 2. Interrelationship of the various methods used to reduce ineffective time -- 3. Work study, the approach -- 1. Why is work study valuable? -- 2. Techniquesof work study and their relationship -- 3. Basic procedure of work study -- 4. Work study and production management -- 4. The human factor in the application of work study -- 1. The human factor in enterprise operations -- 2. Work study and management -- 3. Work study and the supervisor -- 4. Work study and the worker -- 5. The work study practitioner -- 5. Working conditions and the working environment -- 1. General considerations -- 2. Occupational safety and health organization -- 3. Safety criteria -- 4. The prevention of industrial accidents -- 5. Working premises -- 6. Good housekeeping -- 7. Lighting -- 8. Noise and vibration -- 9. Climatic conditions -- 10. Exposure to toxic substances -- 11. Personal protective equipment -- 12. Ergonomics -- 13. Working time -- 14. Work-related welfare facilities -- Part Two. Method study -- 6. Method study and the selection of jobs -- 1. The approach to method study -- 2. Selecting the work to be studied -- 3. Limiting the scope of the work to be studied -- 7. Record, examine, develop -- 1. Record the facts -- 2. Examine critically: The questioning technique -- 3. Develop the improved method -- 8. Movement of workers in the working area -- 1. Movement of workers and material -- 2. The string diagram -- 3. The worker-type flow process chart.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789221071082
Additional Edition:
Print version Introduction to Work Study
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Introduction to work study Geneva : International Labour Office, 1992 ISBN 9221071081
Language:
English
Subjects:
Psychology
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