BUS 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Job Analysis, Job Performance, Systematic Review

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 381
• Professor: Rick Iverson

Document Summary

Job design: the process of systematically organizing work into tasks that are required to perform a specific job. Job analysis: a process by which information about jobs is systematically gathered and organized. Strategy: weighing the opportunity and threats in the talent pool within organization. Job analysis: systematic review that is informed by strategy. Id of critical job tasks: how people meet the requirement for job analysis. Knowledge: how knowledgeable you are to use the product. Skills: how skillful you are to perform tasks. Hiring a computer programmer; you want to hire an university student that major in computer science. Uses of job analysis information job descriptions: tasks and responsibility for the job. To give employees more things to do (more than usual) Company doesn"t have to hire more people. Benefits: when cut cost, you can use less people to finish more jobs. Instead of painting the chair, cut the wood and nail, employees only paint the chairs.