COURSE UNIT TITLE

: METHODS DESIGN & WORK MEASUREMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENM 5026 METHODS DESIGN & WORK MEASUREMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DERYA EREN AKYOL

Offered to

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT- NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM)

Course Objective

The course will provide students the tools to measure the work content in, and design, jobs, tasks, workstations, work environment, and work systems. This course will teach students about the successful tools that industrial engineers use to improve operations & activities. This course will also introduce students to the various methods to obtain a time standard for a job and when each method is appropriate. Finally, an objective of this course is to show the student that motion and time study is vital for service industries as well as manufacturing

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand work elements
2   To be able to determine the relationship between work methods and standard times
3   To be able break an operation into elements
4   To be able to calculate a standard time for an operation
5   To be able to use a predetermined time system

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and overview
2 Work Systems
3 Work Systems
4 Methods engineering
5 Methods engineering
6 Methods engineering
7 Facility Layout Planning and Design
8 Work Measurement
9 Midterm
10 Work Measurement
11 Work Measurement
12 Work Measurement
13 Job Evaluation and Performance Appraisal
14 Compensation Systems

Recomended or Required Reading

Goover, Mikell P., Work Systems and the Methods, Measurement, and Management of Work, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper saddle River, NJ, 2007

Niebel, B., Friedvalds A., Methods, Standards, and Work Design,McGraw Hill, New York, 2004

Meyers, F.E, Stewart J.R., Motion and Time Study for Lean Manufacturing, Prentice Hall, Upper saddle River, NJ, 2002

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations and discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 4 7 28
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Presentations 2 5 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 189

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1453455
LO.24245434
LO.335324
LO.44554445
LO.53453213