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Session 4
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- 1A means of determining staffing policies dealing with employment stability, work schedules, and work rules.Labor planning
- 2An approach that specifies the tasks that constitute a job for an individual or a group.Job design
- 3The division of labor into unique (“special”) tasks.Labor specialization
- 4The grouping of a variety of tasks about the same skill level; horizontal expansion.Job enlargement
- 5A system in which an employee is moved from one specialized job to another. A version of job enlargement.Job rotation
- 6A method of giving an employee more responsibility that includes some of the planning and control necessary for job accomplishment; vertical expansion.Job enrichment
- 7Enlarging employee jobs so that the added responsibility and authority are moved to the lowest level possible; popular extension of job enrichment.Employee empowerment
- 8A group of empowered individuals working together to reach a common goal. May be organized for long-term or short-term objectives.Self-directed teams
- 9The study of the human interface with the environment and machines (“the study of work”).Ergonomics
- 10A system that involves developing work procedures that are safe and produce quality products efficiently.Methods analysis
- 11The amount of time required to perform a job or part of a job.Labor standards
- 12Timing a sample of a worker’s performance and using it as a basis for setting a standard time.Time study
- 13The arithmetic mean of the times for each element measured, adjusted for unusual influence for each element.Average observed time
- 14The average observed time, adjusted for pace.Normal time
- 15An adjustment to the total normal time; the adjustment provides allowances for personal needs, unavoidable work delays, and fatigue.Standard time
- 16A division of manual work into small basic elements that have established and widely accepted times.Predetermined time standards
- 17An estimate, via sampling, of the percentage of the time that a worker spends on various tasks.Work sampling
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