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IE 419 Work Design - Productivity and Safety
Course
Description
This course provides industrial
engineers with additional tools to better design jobs and the workplace, in
terms of productivity while maintaining the health and safety of the worker.
Course
Offering Schedule via C&DE
This
course is designed for Independent Learning with no fixed daily time schedule or
meeting location. But it does have weekly homework, lab activities, and
exams with scheduled start and end dates.
Semester: Summer 2010
Day and Time: NA - online
Location: NA - online
Start Date: May 17, 2010
End Date: August 13, 2010
Course Instructor:
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Dr.
Andris Freivalds
Professor of
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
The Pennsylvania
State University
213 Leonhard Building
University Park, PA
16802
Phone: 814-863-2361
Fax: 814-863-4745
email:
axf@psu.edu
Faculty
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PSU Course Catalog Description
I E 419 WORK DESIGN - Productivity and Safety (3) Methods
improvement, physical work design, productivity, work measurement;
principles and practice of safety. Prerequisite:
I E 327
Required Course Textbook

"Niebel's Methods, Standards and
Work Design"
A. Freivalds
12th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2009
ISBN 978-0-07-337631-8
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The enrollment process is:
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Contact the the Office of Continuing and Distance Education for
admission into the course at 814-865-7643.
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Complete the registration
process. See the Registration Page.
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Important Dates for
Current Offering
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First day of instruction |
May 17, 2010 |
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End of course |
August 13, 2010 |
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