Összmunka

Összmunka is a Hungarian term that denotes the total or collective labor involved in a defined production process, project, or organizational setting. Etymologically, it combines össz- (together, total) with munka (work), signaling a focus on the sum of individual efforts rather than any single contributor.

In usage, összmunka is used primarily in economic, production, and management contexts to describe aggregate labor input. It can refer to the total hours worked by all participants in a factory, project team, or cooperative over a specific period. The concept is commonly measured in person-hours or full-time equivalents (FTEs) to enable comparisons of labor input across different units or time frames. For example, a factory group consisting of 100 workers each putting in 8 hours per day for 20 operating days yields an összmunka of 160,000 person-hours.

Összmunka is closely related to, yet distinct from, related notions such as individual labor input and labor productivity. While labor productivity considers output per unit of összmunka, total labor input focuses on the sheer quantity of labor contributed. The term is sometimes used in discussions of capacity planning, workforce management, and analyses of overall economic activity, particularly when the emphasis is on total labor resources rather than on specific individuals.

See also: munka, termelékenység, munkaerő, kapacitástervezés.