WORK Study, METHOD Study, TIME Study and MOTION Study : General Overviews

 WORK STUDY

• Work Study is the analysis of a Job/Work in order to develop a new, better and standard method of doing a Job/Work or performing a task and also determining the standard time to perform it by standard method.

• The ultimate aim of Work Study is to increase the productivity of an organization.

• Work Study comprises of two parts to study i.e. Method Study and Time Study (Work Measurement).

METHOD STUDY

• It is the analysis of present method of doing a Job/Work in order to develop a new, better and standard method of doing Jobs that are economical, safe and require less human effort. 

• It is also sometimes called as work method design.

TIME STUDY ( WORK MEASUREMENT)

• It is a Work Measurement activity usually conducted to find out the standard time for performing tasks or completing the Jobs/Works.

• It sets the standard time for workers to complete the task.

• It is conducted with the help of Stop Watch.

MOTION STUDY

• It is conducted to find out the total movement of workers while they are performing a task in order to eliminate wasteful and unproductive movements of workers to increase their efficiency level.

• It is conducted with the help of CCTV Camera which keeps an eye on workers movements.

Note: By the application of Work Study, Method Study, Time Study and Motion Study in any organization, we can thus achieve greater output at less cost with better quality and hence productivity increases.