37:533:301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Absenteeism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Human Resource Management
• Course: 37:533:301
• Professor: Hadi El Farr

Document Summary

Job element approach: focuses on identifying the employee competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities) that are necessary to successfully perform a job. The importance of job design and job analysis: maximize employee contributions to yield competitive advantage. Job design: determining the tasks and responsibilities that employees in a particular job are expected to perform as well as how they need to interact with their coworkers to realize those contributions. Job analysis the process of systematically identifying the tasks, duties, and responsibilities expected to be performed in a single job as well as the competencies employees must possess to be successful in the job. Details of job design translates major goals into specific actions. Job description: written summaries of specific tasks, responsibilities, and working conditions of a job with job specifications. Job specifications: specific competencies required by a jobholder to perform successfully. Efficiency approaches to job design: standardization of production processes.