Work Study: Volume 50 Issue 1
Table of contents
Contingent use of stretch goals: considerations of workflow integration and risk deviation
R. Eugene HughesStretch goals or targets ask an employee to go beyond the possible (and merely difficult) to the impossible. This performance requirement violates the generally accepted criterion…
Asian management style versus western management theories: a case study in construction project management
Low Sui Pheng, Christopher H.Y. LeongThe Asian financial crisis snowballed in July 1997 following the devaluation of the Thai Baht. This triggered off a chain reaction which led to similar crises in many countries in…
Continuous observation work sampling and its verification
Cheng‐pin Ho, Elinor S. PapeWork sampling focuses mainly on determining the proportion of times for a specified category within a predetermined tolerance at a specified statistical risk. Conventional…