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However, the most commonly used technique used for recording is by using flow charts. These are classified into three different types, viz. Outline Process Charts, Flow Process Charts and Two Handed Process Chart.
Method Study
Method study is essentially used for finding better ways of doing work. It is a technique for cost reduction. The philosophy of method study is that ‘there is always a better way of doing a job’ and the tools of method study are designed to systematically arrive at this better way of doing a job.
Method Study may be defined as: “A procedure for examining the various activities associated with the problem which ensures a systematic, objective and critical evaluation of the existing factors and in addition and imaginative approach while developing improvements”.
Always, the objective of method study is to simplify the job and develop more economical methods of doing it. Method study is systematic both in investigation of problem being considered and in the development of its solutions. It can be stated as one of most penetrating tools of investigation available to management.
Purpose. The aim of method study is to analyse a situation, examine the objectives of the situation and then to synthesize an improved, more efficient and effective method or system.
Taylor Frederick W. Taylor
There are certain factors which are to be taken into account while selecting the work for method study: (1) Economic factors: Only those jobs are selected which keep good economic importance. Jobs involving bottlenecks which hold up other production operations, operations involving repetitive work etc.
Objective methods do not rely on written or verbal responses from the individual under study but instead record phenomena from which the dimensions of physical activity can be inferred. The phenomena can be physiological, kinematic, biochemical, or environmental in nature.
Objective data in nursing is data that is measured or observed by the 5 senses. Examples include blood pressure, temperature, skin color and texture, and heart sounds.
If something is subjective, it’s not suitable for decision making or reporting in the news. Here are some examples of subjective text: ‘I don’t think that this company cares about what their customers think of them. In my experience, they haven’t been the best.
For example: if a patient tells the provider they have had chest pains on and off for the past two weeks, that is subjective, it cannot be proven other than being told that is the case by the patient. One of the most common pieces of subjective information we receive in EMS is the report of pain. Pain is subjective!
Terms in this set (21) Subjective Data: pain, fever, chills, malaise, fatigue, night sweats, sleep patterns, weight loss, gain, or change.