Instructor's Manual for Work Measurement and Ergonomics

My other book, “Work Measurement and Ergonomics,” was written to be a concise reference book for engineering professionals and it does not contain discussion questions and problem assignments at the end of each chapter. This Instructor’s Manual was written to be a companion to the above book. This Instructor’s Manual does not repeat the information in the above book. Instead, this Instructor’s Manual contains discussion questions and problem assignments for each chapter in the above book. This Instructor’s Manual could be used in conjunction with my book “Work Measurement and Ergonomics” to teach a course in Work Measurement in all the following scenarios: 1. College Course: This Instructor’s Manual could be used by a qualified instructor to teach an engineering course in “Work Measurement and Ergonomics” for credit towards an engineering degree at a college or university. 2. Continuing Education Course: This Instructor’s Manual could be used to teach a continuing education seminar for engineers, managers, or other individuals who need to be able to correctly apply work measurement concepts. 3. Company Sponsored Seminar: This Instructor’s Manual could be used by a company trainer to teach a company sponsored seminar to company employees so those employees could learn how to select and use the appropriate work measurement technique to optimize the jobs in their company. 4. Home Self-Study Course: This Instructor’s Manual could be used by a self-motivated individual who wishes to learn the correct way to apply the principles of work measurement to jobs in manufacturing and jobs in service organizations. The following companies and products are used consistently in this Instructor’s Manual from Chapter Three through Chapter Thirty-Two: 1. Fast Food Restaurant (Cheeseburgers). 2. Leather Wallets. 3. Automobile Oil Change Garage. 4. Battery-Operated Wood Wall Clocks. Two of the above are service organizations (a restaurant and an oil change garage) and two of the above are manufacturing companies (leather wallets and wood wall clocks). The above options allow an instructor to use a different business or product to teach this course each time the instructor teaches the course. Each time an instructor teaches this course the instructor should use the same business or product beginning in Chapter Three and continuing to the end of Chapter Thirty-Two. The reason is because the concepts in each of the chapters have an impact on the concepts in other chapters. By using the same product consistently in all the different chapters the students will be able to better visualize how their decisions on one assignment actually impact their answers on other assignments. This will better prepare students to be more effective engineers for their future employer because the students will more clearly understand the impact their current recommendations can have on other important functions within their company. In other words, they will be less likely to make a decision with all their attention focused on the one problem they are currently trying to solve. Instead, they will understand the potential impact that their current recommendation can have on the success of the entire company. This Instructor’s Manual was written so it could be understood by engineers, managers, supervisors, and other individuals who desire to enhance their knowledge on how to select and use the appropriate work measurement technique to determine how long it should take to do a specific job. There are no complimentary free copies of this Instructor’s Manual available to any university, organization, or individual. If you suspect that this Instructor’s Manual may be of use to you in whatever application you intend to use it, then you will need to purchase a copy from Amazon.