| ergonomics | Incorporation of human factors in the design of the workplace.
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| flow process chart | Chart used to examine the overall sequence of an operation by focusing on movements of the operator or flow of materials.
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| job design | The act of specifying the contents and methods of jobs.
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| job enlargement | Giving a worker a larger portion of the total task, by horizontal loading.
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| job enrichment | Increasing responsibility for planning and coordination tasks, by vertical loading.
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| job rotation | Workers periodically exchange jobs.
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| knowledge-based pay | A pay system used by organizations to reward workers who undergo training that increases their skills.
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| methods analysis | Analyzing how a job is done.
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| micromotion study | Use of motion pictures and slow motion to study motions that otherwise would be too rapid to analyze.
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| motion study | Use of motion pictures and slow motion to study motions that otherwise would be too rapid to analyze.
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| motion study principles | Systematic study of the human motions used to perform an operation.
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| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration, created by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
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| output-based (incentive) system | Compensation based on amount of output an employee produced during a pay period.
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| predetermined time standards | Published data based on extensive research to determine standard elemental times.
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| random number table | Table consisting of unordered sequences of numbers, used to determine random observation schedules.
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| self-directed teams | Groups empowered to make certain changes in their work processes.
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| specialization | Work that concentrates on some aspect of a product or service.
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| standard elemental times | Time standards derived from a firm's historical time data.
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| standard time | 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.
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| stopwatch time study | Development of a time standard based on observations of one worker taken over a number of cycles.
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| therbligs | Basic elemental motions that make up a job.
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| time-based system | Compensation based on time an employee has worked during a pay period.
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| work measurement | Determining how long it should take to do a job.
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| work sampling | Technique for estimating the proportion of time that a worker or machine spends on various activities and the idle time.
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| worker-machine chart | Chart used to determine portions of a work cycle during which an operator and equipment are busy or idle.
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