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work system

1. from a traditional time and motion perspective (see time and motion study), the structures, operations, and schedules required to meet the demands of a production or process system.

2. from a more holistic, ergonomic perspective, the totality of the technological and environmental factors (physical and social) that are relevant to the human achievement of an organizational objective. See macroergonomics; sociotechnical systems approach; systems engineering.

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October 18th 2024

ogive

ogive

n. the somewhat flattened S-shaped curve typically obtained by graphing a cumulative frequency distribution. Consider the example of test results from students in a classroom. Cumulative frequency values would be given along the vertical y-axis and obtained test scores along the horizontal x-axis. The plot would increase slightly at either end, indicating that few students received very low or very high scores, but rise much more steeply in the center, indicating that the majority of students received average scores.