piece work

Examples of piece work in the following topics:

• Pay Systems

  • The Gantt task and bonus system is a combination of time and piece work.
  • Under this system, the worker is paid on a time basis if the work is below a certain standard, and a piece rate basis if it meets or exceeds this standard.
  • Payment by Results Piece Work Straight Piecework System: The wages of the worker depends upon his output and rate of each unit of output; it is in fact independent of the time taken by him.
  • Differential Piece Work System: This system provides for higher rewards to more efficient workers.
  • Taylor Differential Piece Work System Merrick Differential Piece Rate System Combination of Time and Piece Work Gantt Task and Bonus System: The system consists of paying a worker on a time basis if he does not attain the standard and on piece basis (high rate) if he does.

• The Opus Anglicanum

  • The stye of the work of this era involved combining silk and gold or silver-gilt threads worked on linen, and later velvet.
  • As a result, the style of the work was scaled back, and much of the richness and storytelling involved in these pieces was lost.
  • The work instead often became small applique pieces that could be added to clothing or tapestries.
  • Few pieces have survived due to the delicate nature of the work.
  • Some were re-purposed as they aged, and other pieces were even buried with their owners.

• Gothic Metalwork and Ivory Carvings

  • In France, metal and ivory pieces took on a diminutive but ornate characteristic, and required great skill to create.
  • Iron work during the Gothic period took on various styles and trends, from large rough wrought-iron works to more delicate items.
  • In France the dominant trend was towards the ornate, especially decorative pieces used as components in doors.
  • Additionally, their popularity spread beyond church art, and these pieces could be found in homes and used for decorative furnishing.
  • These works were considered luxury items; ivory work could often be found on the backs of hairbrushes, mirrors, and other luxury items.

• Supporting Your Thesis

  • You should also know which pieces of evidence you want to use to back up each claim.
  • What you have probably not finished working out is how you want to analyze those pieces of evidence.
  • You cannot just present a piece of evidence and assume that your work is done.
  • Your reader, however, has not done the same preparatory work you have.
  • Consequently, it is up to you to explain to the reader how a piece of evidence supports your claim.

• Wood

  • Different methods of working the wood will result in different types of objects.
  • Working with wood most often means cutting away unwanted pieces, and/or joining various pieces to create the desired object .
  • If the carving is to be large, several pieces of wood may be laminated together to create the required size.
  • Working with wood most often means cutting away unwanted pieces, and/or joining various pieces to create the desired object

• Modulation

  • Sometimes a piece of music temporarily moves into a new key.
  • Shorter works, even in classical style, are less likely to have complete modulations.
  • As in longer works, modulation, with its new set of chords, is a good way to keep a piece interesting.
  • If you find that the chord progression in a piece of music suddenly contains many chords that you would not expect in that key, it may be that the piece has modulated.
  • Modulations can make harmonic analysis much more challenging, so try to become comfortable analyzing easier pieces before tackling pieces with modulations.

• Glass

  • As a studio craft, glass as a medium tends to be used to make decorative rather than solely functional pieces.
  • Art glass has grown in popularity in recent years with many artists becoming famous for their work, and as a result of more colleges offering courses in glass work.
  • Usually the glass is only heated enough to impress a shape or a texture onto the piece, or to stick several pieces of glass together without a glue.
  • The ancient technique of blown glass is one of the more popular ways to work with glass.
  • Most large hollow pieces are made this way, and it allows the artist to be improvisational as they create their work.

• Exercises

  • A box contains four black pieces of cloth, two striped pieces, and six dotted pieces.
  • A piece is selected randomly and then placed back in the box.
  • A second piece is selected randomly.
  • b. the first piece is black and the second piece is dotted?

• Transposing at Sight

  • (Vocalists transpose at sight without even thinking about it, since they don't have to worry about different fingerings. ) To practice this skill, simply start playing familiar pieces in a different key.
  • Since you know the piece, you will recognize when you make a mistake.
  • Start with pieces written in C, and play them only a half step or whole step lower or higher than written.
  • Or, if you play a transposing instrument, work on being able to play C parts on sight.

• Legislation Protecting against Discrimination

  • Discrimination—treating specific groups of people unequally—is unethical behavior and is prohibited by several pieces of U.S. legislation.
  • Several pieces of legislation protect groups and individuals from discrimination in the United States.
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against women, as well as racial, ethnic, national, and religious minorities.
  • Title VII applies to and covers an employer "who has fifteen or more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year."
  • The law provides that no employer may discriminate between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees of one sex lower than employees of the opposite sex for equal work, the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which is performed under similar working conditions.