1. SE – 323: METHODS ENGINEERING (TERM: 071 – 02) SYLLABUS Instructor: Dr. Tahir Ayar Building: 22 & Room: 345 Phone: 860 – 4958 e-mail: atahir@kfupm.edu.sa atahir@kfupm.edu.sa Office Hours: Saturday & Monday 2:10 – 3:00 pm or by appointment Text: Niebel, Benjamin & Freivalds, Andris Methods, Standards, & Work Design, McGraw Hill, 11 th edition, 2003

2. References:  Introduction to Work Study, ILO Publication, 1992.  Motion and Time Study for Lean Manufacturing, Prentice Hall, Third Edition, 2002  Work Systems and the Methods, Measurement, and Management of Work, Prentice Hall, 2007 Course Description:  History of method design and work measurement, methods design, process analysis, operation analysis. Introduction to human engineering, standardization, work measurement, pre-determined motion time system, standard data, work sampling.

3. Course Objectives:  Students develop an understanding of the appropriate use of work measurement data; learn the correct procedures to establish a valid performance standard data, and the application of human factors to method studies in order to improve productivity within a given organization with the integration of sound work methods and measurement techniques within the total management structure.  Students learn how to observe work in a systematic and disciplined way with the general objective of improving work methods and working conditions.  Students learn specific work measurement methodologies: Time Study, Work Sampling, Pre- determined Time Systems

4. Course Topics: Work Systems; Manual Work and Worker-Machine Systems; Methods Engineering and Operations Analysis; Methods, Standards, and Work Design; Problem Solving Tools; Motion and Time Study; The Economics and Applications of Time Standards; Work Measurement and Productivity; Work Study; The Human Factor in the application of work study; Method Study and selection of the jobs; Movement of workers in workplace; Work Sampling; Time study; Allowances; Performance Rating; Pre-Determined time standards; Standard Data.

5. Attendance:  Attendance is compulsory. Justified absences should be discussed with the instructor preferably before the fact. Each unexcused absence will cause to loose one (1) point out of 100. Grading:  Final grade (KFUPM standard grading scheme will be used) will be weighted as follows;

6. Grading  1 st Mid-term exam. 25 % …. Date: Sunday, October 28, 2007 @ 7:00 pm  2 nd Mid-term exam. 25 % …..Date: Sunday, December 9, 2007 @ 7:00 pm  Quizzes (4) ……......10 % …. Mondays of Sept 24 th, October 22 nd, November 19 th, and December 3 rd,  Attendance …………5 %  Lab Work.. …… …..10 %  Final exam … ……..25 % Tuesday, January 22 nd, 2008 @ 7:30 am [Comprehensive].  Total ………… …..100 %