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Time Use
Why is this of relevance to HR?
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Time
Finite,
Disposable
Perishable
Valuable
Value added
Inequitable
Time Use
References
http://tinyurl.com/24lbfqh
Purpose
1. To measure the amount of time people aged 12 years and over spend on the main categories
and sub-categories of activity.2. To determine whether significant differences in time use exist
between different population groups.3. To determine the proportionate allocation of time to
various activities. 4. To provide information on the context in which people undertake various
activities and whether other activities are taking place simultaneously. 5. To provide data to
improve significantly the estimates of the contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the
Domestic Services of Households industry and the employment component of the contribution to
GDP in the Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households sector within the national accounts.6. To
provide time use data for New Zealand which is internationally comparable at a broad level of
the activity classification which focuses on the four basic categories of contracted time.
committed time, necessary time and free time.
The main policy issues which time use data will inform are:
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unpaid work (the amount undertaken and the extent to which this supports the economy
and the general functioning of society)
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paid employment (the relationship between different uses of time and the factors which
hinder or help people's participation in the paid work force)
health (the amount of "caring" work done in New Zealand and the activities people do
which impact on health status)
income support (the use of time by recipients of government income support)
education and training (how much is being undertaken and by whom)
Mäori (use of time by Mäori people, differences in time use from the wider population,
and factors which may impede Maori's full participation in various types of social and
economic act
What is time?
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Types of timeAggregations of activity groups to four major categories of time, as
below:Necessary time = 01 Personal care Contracted time = 02 Labour force activity,
plus03 Education and training Committed time = 04 Household work, plus05 Caregiving
for household members, plus06 Purchasing goods and services for own household,
plus07 Unpaid work outside of the home Free time = 08 Religious, cultural and civic
participation, plus09 Social entertainment, plus10 Sports and hobbies, plus11 Mass media
and free time activities
Why Measure time?
Rudman reminds us:
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About the impact of F.W. Taylor’s work – time study.
Developed further by the Gilbreths’ – motion study
Fordism – the moving assembly line
Why Measure time/
Work simplification
Productivity
Rotation to increase productivity by 20%
Why Measure time?
Rudman quotes Asplund
managers do not take action to improve working conditions, improve health and safety. Or
improve quality of working life unless they are convinced that there will be an adequate return
on the time and money invested in such measures………
Why Measure time?
Impact on pay
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Base pay; rate of pay based on units of output and units of time
Earnings based on time spent at work
Earnings based on time to get the skill or qualification
Flexitime
Why Measure time?
Time based pay
Most common method
Constant and predictable income
Performance not always fair measure
Efforts not always good indicator – e.g. mechanised work.
Equitable – conflict resolution
Why Measure time?
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Dessler uses time in a Time series graph to assess impact of a Training programme.
Metrics
o Reaction (immediate time)
o Test learning and transferability (immediate and short term)
o Behaviour changes: output, satisfaction (long term)
o Results: less complaints , more productivity
o Time and Culture
Milmore Lewis et al refer to time as a differential in culture following the work of
Hofstede:
o Long-term, short term orientation
o Critical in terms of decision making
o E.g. investment in training – Japan has focus on the future – long term whereas
western countries focus on short term – company results.
Time and Culture
Task
1. Read the excerpt from Usunier (2005) pp 24 – 29 Is time a tangible commodity and if so
how does this affect the way it is regarded and managed by HR.
2. What are monochronic and polychronic uses of time - suggest uses to HR
3. What is linearity and cyclicity and suggest uses to HR
4. Suggest the uses to HR of temporal orientations
5. Suggest the uses to HR of Makimono time
Time Use Survey - Uses
http://tinyurl.com/23hnsh6
Task
Evaluate the information in the document. Which information;
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would you use to guide your recruitment strategies
would you use in reward strategies
would be useful in guiding job design
would be useful in differentiating you as an employer of choice
would be essential to you as an international HR director
References
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Dessler, G., Griffiths, J., & Walker, B. L.-. (2008). Human Resource Management (3
ed.). Frenchs Forest: Prentice Hall
Hofstede, G. H. (2001). Culture's consequences : comparing values, behaviors,
institutions, and organizations across nations (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage
Publications.
Millmore, Lewis, Saunders, Thornhill, & Morrow. (2007). Strategic Human Resource
Management Contemporary Issues. Essex: Prentice Hall
Rudman, R. S. (2002). Human resources management in New Zealand (4th ed.).
Auckland, N.Z.: Prentice Hall.
Usunier, J.-C., & Lee, J. (2005). Marketing across cultures (4th ed.). Harlow, England:
Financial Times Prentice Hall.
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