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This document contains review questions about work systems and productivity from Chapter 1 of an introduction to work systems textbook. It asks questions about defining work, basic motion elements, work elements, the importance of time in work, defining work systems as physical entities and fields of practice, functions of work management, defining productivity, factors that impact productivity other than labor like capital and technology, differences between labor productivity ratios and indexes, basic productive work content versus excess nonproductive activities, and categories of nonproductive activities. It also provides example productivity calculation questions.

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Ch01 Introduction Students

This document contains review questions about work systems and productivity from Chapter 1 of an introduction to work systems textbook. It asks questions about defining work, basic motion elements, work elements, the importance of time in work, defining work systems as physical entities and fields of practice, functions of work management, defining productivity, factors that impact productivity other than labor like capital and technology, differences between labor productivity ratios and indexes, basic productive work content versus excess nonproductive activities, and categories of nonproductive activities. It also provides example productivity calculation questions.

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Review Questions
1.1 Define work.
1.2 What are basic motion elements? Give some examples.
1.3 What is a work element?
1.4 Why is time important in work?
1.5 Define work system as a physical entity.
1.6 Define work system as a field of professional practice.
1.7 What are some of the functions included within the scope of work management?
1.8 Define productivity.
1.9 Labor is one input factor that determines productivity. What are two other factors that are
more important than labor in improving productivity? Define each of these two additional
input factors.
1.10 What is the difference between the labor productivity ratio and the labor productivity
index?
1.11 A given task performed by a worker can be considered to consist of the basic productive
work content and excess nonproductive activities. (a) What is meant by the term basic
productive work content? (b) What is meant by the term excess nonproductive activities?
1.12 What are the three categories of excess nonproductive activities, as they are defined in the
text?
Productivity
1.1 A work group of 5 workers in a certain month produced 500 units of output working 8
hr/day for 22 days in the month. (a) What productivity measures could be used for this
situation, and what are the values of their respective productivity ratios? (b) Suppose that in
the next month, the same work group produced 600 units but there were only 20 workdays in
the month. Using the same productivity measures as before, determine the productivity index
using the prior month as a base.
1.2 A work group of 10 workers in a certain month produced 7200 units of output working 8
hr/day for 22 days in the month. Determine the labor productivity ratio using (a) units of
output per worker-hour and (b) units of output per worker-month. (c) Suppose that in the
next month, the same work group produced 6800 units but, there were only 20 workdays in
the month. For each productivity measure in (a) and (b), determine the productivity index for
the next month using the prior month as a base.
1.3 There are 20 forging presses in the forge shop of a small company. The shop produces
batches of forgings requiring a setup time of 3.0 hours for each production batch. Average
standard time for each part in a batch is 45 seconds, and there are an average of 600 parts in
a batch. The plant workforce consists of two workers per press, two foremen, plus three
clerical support staff. (a) Determine how many forged parts can be produced in 1 month, if
there are 8 hours worked per day and an average of 21 days per month at one shift per day.
(b) What is the labor productivity ratio of the forge shop, expressed as parts per worker-
hour?

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Work Systems and the Methods, Measurement, and Management of Work

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