Work Study

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What is Work Study?
Work Study is the systemeatic examination of the methods of carrying out activities such as to
improve the effective use of resources and to set up standards of performance for the activities
carried out.


Another definition of Work Study could be:
A generic term for those techniques, particularly method study and work measurement, which are
used in the examination of human work in all its contexts, and which lead systematically to to the
investigation of all the factors which affect the efficiency and economy of the situation being
reviewed, in order to effect improvement'
This has to do with Productivity Improvement, but also improvement of Quality and Safety.