Niebel's Methods, Standards, and Work Design

Contents: Methods, standards, and work design: introduction -- Problem-solving tools -- Operation analysis -- Manual work design -- Workplace, equipment, and tool design -- Work environment design -- Design of cognitive work -- Workplace and systems safety -- Proposed method implementation -- Time study -- Performance rating and allowances -- Standard data and formulas -- Predetermined time systems -- Work sampling -- Indirect and expense labor standards -- Standards follow-up and uses -- Wage payment -- Training and other management practices