Time Measurement

Man-Hour
A unit of labor or productivity representing the work one person completes in one hour. It is used to measure the labor content of a project, helping in accurate cost projection.
Standard Minute
A standard minute is a unit of time measurement. It represents one sixtieth of a standard hour, commonly used in various industries for standardizing time measurements in productivity and efficiency studies.
Stopwatch Studies
Stopwatch studies are time and motion studies performed on work procedures by management as part of Frederick W. Taylor's Scientific Management. This method involves using a stopwatch to accurately time procedures in performing a job.
Year
A year is traditionally understood as a period of time consisting of 365 days, or 366 days in a leap year, which represents one complete orbit of the Earth around the Sun.

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