Design of Work Systems: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
Design of Work Systems: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
Design of Work Systems: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
Design of
Work Systems
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Job Design
Job design involves specifying the
content and methods of job
7-4
Working conditions
7-5
For Management:
For Labor:
1. Simplifies training 1. Low education and
2. High productivity
3. Low wage costs
skill requirements
2. Minimum
responsibilities
3. Little mental effort
needed
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Disadvantages
Table 7.1
For Management:
For Labor:
1. Difficult to motivate
quality
1. Monotonous work
2. Limited opportunities
for advancement
2. Worker dissatisfaction,
possibly resulting in
3. Little control over work
absenteeism, high
4. Little opportunity for
turnover, disruptive
self-fulfillment
tactics, poor attention
to quality
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Job Rotation
Job Enrichment
7-9
Trust
Influences productivity and employeemanagement relations
7-10
Teams
Benefits of teams
Higher quality
Higher productivity
Greater worker satisfaction
Self-directed teams
Groups of empowered to make certain
changes in their work process
7-11
Methods Analysis
Methods analysis
Analyzing how a job gets done
Begins with overall analysis
Moves to specific details
7-12
Methods Analysis
The need for methods analysis can come
from a number of different sources:
Changes in tools and equipment
Selecting an Operation
Selecting a job to study consider:
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Worker-machine chart
Chart used to determine portions of a
work cycle during which an operator and
equipment are busy or idle
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Figure 7-2
FLOW PROCESS CHART
ANALYST PAGE
Job Requisition of petty cash D. Kolb 1 of 2
Details of Method
Requisition made by department head
Put in pick-up basket
To accounting department
Account and signature verified
Amount approved by treasurer
Amount counted by cashier
Amount recorded by bookkeeper
Petty cash sealed in envelope
Petty cash carried to department
Petty cash checked against requisition
Receipt signed
Petty cash stored in safety box
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Motion Study
Motion study is the systematic
study of the human motions used
to perform an operation.
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Therbligs
7-19
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Therbligs
Therbligs: Basic elemental motions that
make up a job.
Search
Select
Grasp
Hold
Transport load
Release load
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Working Conditions
Temperature &
Humidity
Illumination
Ventilation
Color
7-22
Work Breaks
Safety
Causes of Accidents
7-23
Work Measurement
Work measurement: Determining how
long it should take to do a job.
Standard time
Stopwatch time study
Historical times
Predetermined data
Work Sampling
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Standard time
Standard time:
The amount of time it should take a qualified
worker to complete a specific task, working at a
sustainable rate, using given methods, tools and
equipment, raw materials, and workplace
arrangement.
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Work Sampling
Work sampling: technique for estimating the
proportion of time that a worker or machine
spends on various activities and idle time.
Work sampling involves making brief
observations of a worker or machine at
random intervals
Work sampling does not require
timing an activity
continuous observation of an activity
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Compensation
Time-based system
Compensation based on time an
employee has worked during a pay period
7-30
Fair
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Compensation
Individual Incentive Plans
Group Incentive Plans
Knowledge-Based Pay
System
Management Compensation
7-32