Citation
(2002), "Measure of success", Work Study, Vol. 51 No. 7. https://doi.org/10.1108/ws.2002.07951gaa.005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Measure of success
Measure of success
(And to keep the theme (of measurement) going), I recently saw in a magazine an advertisement for a good, old-fashioned stopwatch – the kind that records in "centiminutes" used for (good, old-fashioned) time study. It surprised me that people evidently still use them – I assumed that electronic timing devices (and other forms of measurement) had long since taken over. However, on reflection, I am pleased – the skills of time study are valuable – and have all sorts of side benefits. They create people who can observe detail, who can relate to the people they are studying, and who understand the work they are studying. When we take measurement to a level of abstraction – and "human distance" – these things can be lost.