Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary 2

Term: 1^st Term

Week: 2

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 16 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Home management

Topic:-       Work simplification

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

1. Discuss the meaning of work simplification       
2. Classify the advantages and disadvantages of work simplification                             
3. State the guidelines for work simplification

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

NOTE

WORK SIMPLIFICATION

Work simplification is the conscious seeking of the simplest, easiest and quickest method of doing work. It is the technique of completing a task by using the least amount of time and energy.

There are two ideas which can help the homemaker to save both her energy and time:

1. Work Simplification: It means adoption of simplest, easiest and quickest method of doing the work with less consumption of time and energy.
2. Motion mindedness: It means awareness of the movements involved in doing a particular task and possible ways of reducing the motions.

ADVANTAGES OF WORK SIMPLIFICATION

1. It brings about efficiency
2. It saves time and efforts
3. It speeds up the time it takes to carry out certain activities
4. It increases the quality of the output
5. It reduces costs
6. It brings about better health
7. It brings about focus

DISADVANTAGES OF WORK SIMPLIFICATION

1. It reduces flexibility
2. It decreases creativity
3. It reduces the quality of work
4. It brings about monotony

GUIDELINES FOR WORK SIMPLIFICATION

1. Elimination: elimination of unnecessary work activities, equipment/instruments, movements or steps in procedures to achieve better output using less energy and time.
2. Combination: combining two steps in a process into single step to achieve the target faster involves using less energy, and thus the output is achieved in lesser time.
3. Rearrangement: through rearrangement of tools/equipment/materials/steps in process of carrying out an activity, better advantage of available space and time can be taken.
4. Classes of change: Gross and Crandall proposed 3 classes of change to improve one’s method of work –
5. a) Changes in Hand and Body Motions
6. b) Changes in Work and Storage Space and Equipment
7. c) Changes in the product or raw materials
8. Simplifying or improving the sequence of work: by improve the sequence of work, movement required for a particular task can also be reduced.
9. Comfortable posture: to carry out a task in an efficient manner for saving time and energy, comfortable body posture should be adopted. This will reduce the strain, backache, fatigue, tension and improve the efficiency of the worker and quality of work done.
10. Changes in work surface: Working conditions must be improved by proper work surface in terms of height depth and width.
11. Skill development: Skill in work can be developed by learning, observation, effort and experience. A skilled and experienced homemaker can do the tasks very easily with higher speed and smoothness.
12. Change in attitude: A genuine liking for the job and the determination to carry it through, will be great assets in work simplification

EVALUATION:    1. Explain the meaning of work simplification

2. State the advantages and disadvantages of work simplification
3. Highlight the guidelines for work simplification

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively