HROB 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Job Enrichment, Industrial Engineering, Reasonable Accommodation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 2100
• Professor: Rhonda Gordon

Document Summary

A process by which information about jobs is systematically gathered and organized. Job a group of related activities/duties for one or more employees. Position the collection of tasks/responsibilities performed by one person. Organizational structure the formal relationships among jobs in an organization should be appropriate given strategic goals. Organization chart clarifies chain of command; who reports to whom does not explain communication patterns, degree of supervision, power, authority, or specific duties. Necessary when there are a number of similar jobs. Job design the process of systematically organizing work into tasks that are required to perform a specific job. Behavioral aspects job enlargement, job rotation, job enrichment, team based job design. Competencies: demonstrable characteristics that enable performance of a job shift from job-specific duties to competencies in job descriptions; emphasis on employee capabilities examples of competencies: general (reading, writing, mathematics) leadership (strategic thinking, motivating) technical competencies for specific jobs.