Management

Working 4 shifts of ten hours instead of 5 shifts at 8 hours each is known as

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The two most basic policies associated with employment stability are

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Mutual trust is

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Most pit crew members have background experience in what area?

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Normal time equals the average observed time multiplied by the allowance factor.

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Work sampling estimates the percent of time that a worker spends on various tasks.

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An advantage of predetermined time standards is that the standard can be set before a task is ...

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Work sampling and time studies are similar in that the analyst in both cases records the time taken ...

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UPS may run the "tightest ship in the shipping business," but they got that high level of efficiency ...

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When developing the standard time for a task, the elements that make up the task must use the same ...

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Personal and fatigue allowances can include amounts for the effects of lighting, heat and humidity, and noise.

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Normal time is always less than the average observed time.

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A time-study procedure involves timing a sample of worker's performance and using it to set a standard.

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Standard time may be less than average observed time.

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Labour standards based on historical experience are relatively inexpensive to obtain.

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Two uses of labour standards are to determine the labour content of items produced and to determine ...

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"Visual workplace" is a term coined by Hawthorne, and refers to the need for proper lighting at ...

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An operations chart, or right-hand/left-hand chart, points out wasted motion and idle time.

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The physical environment in which employees work may affect the quality of work life, but it does ...

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Job expansion can lead to increased labour cost because of the extra workers hired in the expansion.

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The Hawthorne studies, which showed that there is a dynamic social system in the workplace, took ...

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Psychological factors have little relevance in the design of assembly line jobs since they involve ...

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Job rotation is an example of job enlargement.

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Labour specialization includes the development of specialized tools to reduce labour costs.

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Maintaining a stable workforce generally results in the firm paying higher wages than a firm that ...

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