Diary method
1. Definition of diary method
In this method the workers are asked to maintain and keep daily records or list of activities they are doing on every day.
This method also call work / log method
Another definition: word diary/log is to ask workers to keep a diary/log of what they do during the day.
2. New trends of diary method
Some firms take a high-tech method to apply word diary/log. This approach can avoid one pitfall of the traditional diary/log method: relying on workers to remember what
they did hours earlier when they complete their diary/log.
3. Advantages of diary method
• May be useful for jobs that are difficult to observe
4. Disadvantages of diary method
• Too much variance in writing skills
• Can exaggerate tasks performed
• Remembering what was done earlier
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Author: Davi Ngo, hrvinet.com
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