Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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ISE 3341 - Work Design
Design of work systems and measurement of work. Topics include operation analysis and improvement, charting techniques, stop-watch time study, work sampling, predetermined time systems, standard data, incentive wage systems, learning curves, balancing lines, assembly lines, task assignment to workers, robots in industry. Students are also introduced to ergonomics considerations in the design of manual operations. Models for optimization of operations (eg. line balancing models) will also be covered.
Requisites: (ISE1100 or ISE1200) and (ET2450 or ISE 2400 or ISE 3200 or ISE 3040
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to balance operations to form efficient workstations.
- Students will be able to design a manual workstation.
- Students will be able to design and perform a time study to determine time standards.
- Students will be able to design and perform a work sampling study.
- Students will be able to apply basic ergonomic concerns in designing a manual work area.
- Students will be able to develop mathematical models for optimization.
- Students will be able to recognize one’s own ethical core beliefs and how they shape ethical conduct and thinking.
- Students will be able to understand ethical perspectives, theories, and/or concepts.
- Students will be able to articulate different ergonomic considerations in the design of workstations. The society has various segments based on gender, race, etc. and each segment has different characteristics in terms of height and reach of the operators
- Students will be able to analyze and compare the impact of different wage systems in an organization with their advantages and disadvantages.
- Students will learn that workers’ skill may vary and be able to apply those skills when defining output rates, task assignments, team formation and training requirements.
- Students will be able to demonstrate their non-verbal communication skills by using standard operation charting techniques. Students will also be able to discuss and evaluate different approaches for assigning allowances in time studies.
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