For this project you will be required to perform a Work Sampling analysis. You m

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For this project you will be required to perform a Work Sampling analysis. You may work alone or in a group of two. Each student/group will be expected to write a short project report describing: The task analyzed . A description of how you did the work sampling analysis (how you picked the task, how you recorded the times, how you observed the subject, etc.) A summary of the study results and analysis of what these results show A critique of both the job and the work measurement method Your typed report should be 2-3 pages long (not including observation sheets). Include all of your observation sheets as an appendix to your report, A permission statement signed by the observed workers) must also be included Work Sampling Guidelines: Select a job with at most four activities. Gain the approval of the observed worker(s) and anyone else, as necessary Observe the job and define its activities. Perform a 20 sample pilot study. Calculate the number of observations required for 10% accuracy, 90% confidence (z = 1.645) based on the pilot study. Perform the observations (minimum of 80). Write the project report, including all observation sheets. Do not perform more than 20 observations per hour. Ideas: Similar to your time study analysis you may analyze any job you have, or, a lil worker, waiter/waitress, computer center worker, security desk worker, public safety officer, secretary, bartender, day care worker, etc. Please see me as soon as possible if you have questions about the selection of a job t study, the methods used, etc.

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When first introduced in the 19th and early 20th centuries, time and motion studies established rules of motion that guaranteed optimal performance during a given time period and reduced the number of movements needed to get work accomplished. Over the years, time and motion studies have been done in many industries both to ascertain how long it takes to do a given job and to improve it through setting production goals and reducing unnecessary steps in a process. Today, time and motion studies are entirely focused on the time aspect of work, or how long it takes to do a job, and are critical in getting fundamental information on how a process is working.

A time study can establish a baseline from which to drive improvement efforts, or set a standard to control performance. Without basic time study measures, it is impossible to know whether work has improved or whether there are differences in performance in a unit.

Studying Work as a Process

When practitioners conduct a time study, it is essential that they know what they want to study. Work is not strictly a set of disconnected tasks, it is a process. These processes have names, such as maintenance or transfers, and begin with inputs, move on to processes in which inputs are modified, and conclude with outputs.

While engaged in these input, process, output (IPO) chains, other things may intrude: mulling things over, asking a question, taking a phone call, going to lunch and so on. In addition, people have different work styles

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