Estimation of job complexity in an industrial organisation

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-44

  Kashyap, Nupur ^a   Sinham, Sanjeev ^a  

^a MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Convincing power; Functional decomposition; Industrial organisation; Information; Job complexity; Mental fatigue; Mind engagement; Parametric estimation; Subtask complexity

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

CONVINCING POWER; FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION; INFORMATION; JOB COMPLEXITY; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIND ENGAGEMENT; PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION; SUBTASK;

ENGINEERS;

EID: 78649765662     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2011.037241     Document Type: Article

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