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Work, Workers and Work Measurement / Adam Abruzzi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1956]Copyright date: ©1956Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231946803
  • 9780231899888
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.571
LOC classification:
  • T58 .A32
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Part I. Work Measurement: Theory, Practice, and Fact -- 1. Some Basic Problems of Inference -- 2. The Nature of Time Study -- 3. The Validity of Bating Procedures -- 4. Work Measurement in Practice -- Part II. A Work Measurement Theory: Procedure, Application, and Results -- 5. The Problems of Time Measurement -- 6. The Nature and Function of Process Standardization -- 7. Production Rates in the Short Term -- 8. Interpreting Short-Term Studies -- 9. Production Rates in the Long Term -- 10. Interpreting Long-Term Studies -- 11. Designing Studies of Production Activity -- 12. Measuring and Estimating Delays -- Part III. The Theory of Human Work: Beliefs, Codes, and Observations -- 13. The Nature of Standard Data Systems -- 14. Standard Element Estimates and Related Problems -- 15. Standard Motion Estimates and Related Problems -- 16. The Fundamental Character of Work -- 17. The Nature of Work Fatigue -- 18. Fatigue, Skill, and Work -- 19. Postscript and Salutation -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Looks at ways of assessing the worth of work and the worth of the workers. Also presents a theory about work and ways of measuring it.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231899888

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Part I. Work Measurement: Theory, Practice, and Fact -- 1. Some Basic Problems of Inference -- 2. The Nature of Time Study -- 3. The Validity of Bating Procedures -- 4. Work Measurement in Practice -- Part II. A Work Measurement Theory: Procedure, Application, and Results -- 5. The Problems of Time Measurement -- 6. The Nature and Function of Process Standardization -- 7. Production Rates in the Short Term -- 8. Interpreting Short-Term Studies -- 9. Production Rates in the Long Term -- 10. Interpreting Long-Term Studies -- 11. Designing Studies of Production Activity -- 12. Measuring and Estimating Delays -- Part III. The Theory of Human Work: Beliefs, Codes, and Observations -- 13. The Nature of Standard Data Systems -- 14. Standard Element Estimates and Related Problems -- 15. Standard Motion Estimates and Related Problems -- 16. The Fundamental Character of Work -- 17. The Nature of Work Fatigue -- 18. Fatigue, Skill, and Work -- 19. Postscript and Salutation -- Bibliography -- Index

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Looks at ways of assessing the worth of work and the worth of the workers. Also presents a theory about work and ways of measuring it.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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