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Determining how long it should take to do the job

The amount of time it should take a qualified worker to complete a specified task, working at a sustainable rate, using given methods, tools and equipment, raw materials, and workplace arrangement

Introduced by Frederick Winslow Taylor– late 19th century

--Most widely used method of work instrument

--Especially appropriate for short, repetitive tasks

---Used to develop a time standard based on observations of one worker taken over a number of cycles.

Derived from a firm’s own historical time study data

Published data based on extensive research to determine standard elemental times

Commonlyused system

____ tables are based on extensive research of basic elemental motions and times

Technique for estimating the proportion of time that a worker or machine spends on various activities and the idle time.

Compensate employees for the time the employee has worked during a pay period

According to the amount of output they produce during a pay period

Tying pay directly to performance

Straight piecework-worker’s pay is direct linear function of his or her output

Protects the worker from pay loss due to delays, breakdowns and similar problems