AESHM 287 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Group Polarization, Virtual Team, Departmentalization
12 Sep 2016
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Chapter 7: job design and work schedules: overview. A. 5. job design and the four job dimensions job enrichment and the job characteristics job involvement, enlargement, and rotation other concepts related to job design high performance work systems. Job design and the four job dimensions: job design is the process of laying out job responsibilities and duties and describing how they are to be performed, almost any job can be described by the four job dimensions. Task characteristics (b. 1. a. 1) work-scheduling autonomy (b. 1. a. 2) decision-making autonomy (b. 1. a. 3) work-methods methods autonomy (b. 1. a. 4) (b. 1. a. 5) (b. 1. a. 6) (b. 1. a. 7) task variety task significance task identity feedback from the job. Knowledge characteristics job complexity information processing (b. 1. b. 1) (b. 1. b. 2) (b. 1. b. 3) problem solving (b. 1. b. 4) (b. 1. b. 5) skill variety specialization. Social characteristics social support initiated interdependence received interdependence feedback from others (b. 1. c. 1) (b. 1. c. 2) (b. 1. c. 3) (b. 1. c. 4) Contextual characteristics (b. 1. d. 1) ergonomics (b. 1. d. 2) physical demands (b. 1. d. 3) work conditions (b. 1. d. 4) equipment use: task characteristics. Focuses on how work is accomplished and range and nature of job tasks.
