Work study then aims at examining the way an activity is being carried out, simplifying or modifying the method
of operation to reduce unnecessary or excess work, or the wasteful use of resources and setting up a time standard
for performing that activity. The relation between productivity and work studies thus obvious. If work study results
in cutting down the time of performing a certain activity by 20 per cent, merely as a result of rearranging the
sequence or simplifying the method of operation and without additional expenditure, then productivity will go up by
a corresponding value, that is by 20 per cent. To appreciate how work study acts to cut down costs and reduce the
time of a certain activity, it is necessary to examine more closely what that time consists of (Kanawaty, 1992). Work
study can be divided into method study and work measurement. It is used to systematically study and improve
human working methods by considering all factors that affect the working efficiency and conditions. After the job of
interest has been selected, time study can be examined by 1) recording all information about the job, 2) breaking the
job down into elements, 3) examining those elements and determining the sample size, 4) recording the time to
perform each element using a stop-watch, 5) assessing the speed of working, 6) converting the observed time to
basic time, 7) determining the allowances, and 8) determining the standard time (Pisuchpen and Chansangar, 2014).
Work study then aims at examining the way an activity is being carried out, simplifying or modifying the methodof operation to reduce unnecessary or excess work, or the wasteful use of resources and setting up a time standardfor performing that activity. The relation between productivity and work studies thus obvious. If work study resultsin cutting down the time of performing a certain activity by 20 per cent, merely as a result of rearranging thesequence or simplifying the method of operation and without additional expenditure, then productivity will go up bya corresponding value, that is by 20 per cent. To appreciate how work study acts to cut down costs and reduce thetime of a certain activity, it is necessary to examine more closely what that time consists of (Kanawaty, 1992). Workstudy can be divided into method study and work measurement. It is used to systematically study and improvehuman working methods by considering all factors that affect the working efficiency and conditions. After the job ofinterest has been selected, time study can be examined by 1) recording all information about the job, 2) breaking thejob down into elements, 3) examining those elements and determining the sample size, 4) recording the time toperform each element using a stop-watch, 5) assessing the speed of working, 6) converting the observed time tobasic time, 7) determining the allowances, and 8) determining the standard time (Pisuchpen and Chansangar, 2014).
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