BU354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Industrial Engineering, Paq, Job Design
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Job consists of a group of related activities and duties. Position collection of tasks and responsibilities performed by one person. Job analysis procedure firms use to determine the tasks, duties, and responsibilities of each job, and human attributes required to perform it, mainly doing that on existing jobs. Job design creating a new job that never existed before, or reorganize how things are done and switch up the jobs and everything job re-design. Job descriptions written statement of the tasks, responsibilities, duties, whom he reports to. Job specification the human characteristics that are required to do that job, what kind of skills or knowledge do you need. Compensation: should be based on required skills, physical and mental demands, responsibilities, and working conditions. Labour relations: if there is a unionized environment job descriptions are usually subject to union approval before being finalized. Can help you with many things with the information you get from job analysis.