Course Name | Work Systems Analysis and Design |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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IE 322 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Required | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Lecture / Presentation | |||||
Course Coordinator | ||||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to establish the knowledge of methods to analyze workplace conditions and practices for factors that hinder productivity; to improve productivity through improvements in work methods, workstation design, and the work environment; and to develop and use time standards to assess productivity. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Topics of this course includes job methods, operation analysis, charting techniques and schematic models, stopwatch time study, work sampling, predetermined time systems, standard data, incentive wage systems, and learning curves. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals |
| Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | X | |
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Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction to Methods Engineering | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 1 |
2 | Problem Solving Tools | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 2 |
3 | Operation Analysis | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 3 |
4 | Work Design: Motion Economy, Motion Study | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 4 |
5 | Workplace and Systems Safety | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 8 |
6 | Method Implementation | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 9 |
7 | Work Measurement: Time Study, Performance Rating, Allowance | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 10, 11 |
8 | Review and Midterm | |
9 | Learning Curve; Standard Data and Formulas | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 18.2, 12 |
10 | Predetermined Time Systems | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 13 |
11 | Work Sampling | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 14 |
12 | Standards Followup and Uses | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 16 |
13 | Standards Followup and Uses | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 16 |
14 | Work Design | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 5 |
15 | Work Design | Reading Niebel ve Freivalds, Chapter 5 |
16 | Review |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Textbook: Niebel, BW and Freivalds, A. (2009). Niebel’s Methods, Standards, & Work Design, 12th Ed, Boston: WCB/McGrawHill. |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Groover, M. P. (2007). Work systems and the methods, measurement, and management of work. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.Laboratory HandoutsArticles from IIE Solutions, a research journal, or journals. |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 10 |
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | 1 | 20 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 18 | |
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | 1 | 20 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 16 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 22 | |
Total | 180 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To have adequate knowledge in Mathematics, Science and Industrial Engineering; to be able to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve Industrial Engineering problems. | X | ||||
2 | To be able to identify, formulate and solve complex Industrial Engineering problems by using state-of-the-art methods, techniques and equipment; to be able to select and apply proper analysis and modeling methods for this purpose. | X | ||||
3 | To be able to analyze a complex system, process, device or product, and to design with realistic limitations to meet the requirements using modern design techniques. | X | ||||
4 | To be able to choose and use the required modern techniques and tools for Industrial Engineering applications; to be able to use information technologies efficiently. | |||||
5 | To be able to design and do simulation and/or experiment, collect and analyze data and interpret the results for investigating Industrial Engineering problems and Industrial Engineering related research areas. | X | ||||
6 | To be able to work efficiently in Industrial Engineering disciplinary and multidisciplinary teams; to be able to work individually. | X | ||||
7 | To be able to communicate effectively in Turkish, both orally and in writing; to be able to author and comprehend written reports, to be able to prepare design and implementation reports, to present effectively; to be able to give and receive clear and comprehensible instructions | |||||
8 | To have knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of Industrial Engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; to be aware of the legal consequences of Industrial Engineering solutions. | |||||
9 | To be aware of professional and ethical responsibility; to have knowledge of the standards used in Industrial Engineering practice. | X | ||||
10 | To have knowledge about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; to be aware of entrepreneurship and innovation; to have knowledge about sustainable development. | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the area of Industrial Engineering; to be able to communicate with colleagues in a foreign language. | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To recognize the need for lifelong learning; to be able to access information, to be able to stay current with developments in science and technology; to be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to Industrial Engineering. | X |
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