GMS 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, Safety Data Sheet, Sounds Air

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 401
• Professor: Robert Meiklejohn

Document Summary

Involves: job design, work measurement, establishment of time standards, worker compensation. Decisions in other areas such as product or service design , in large measure, determine the kinds of activities workers will be involved with. The importance of work system design is underscored by the organization"s dependence on human efforts to accomplish its goals. Many workers appear dissatisfied with their jobs. Productivity is clearly a major concern of firms as well. These 2 factors go hand-in-hand and are likely the key to improved productivity and continuous improvement in product and service quality. Work systems improvements may be the key to achieving both objectives. Management must make design of work systems a key element of its operations strategy! Technology is still only part of the answer. People are still the heart of a business and can make it or break it! As such, many firms are focusing some of their attention on the quality.