MAN 336 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nucor, Job Rotation, Job Enrichment
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Producing steel is hot and demanding work. Employees who are motivated are much more productive as evidenced (cid:271)y nu(cid:272)or"s su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess. Scientific management: based on ideas from frederic taylor"s 1911 (cid:271)ook, (cid:862)pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iples of (cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) ma(cid:374)age(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863, among the most influential books of the 20th century. Job specialization: break down jobs into their simplest components, assign tasks so each employee performs a select number of tasks in a repetitive manner. Class notes: turn of 20th century, building/manufacturing things took forever and had no continuity between products because one person built it. Class notes: problems with assembly line: boring; if someone was absent, could disrupt the whole process. Repetitive stress (injury); job rotation: do job only little bit. Then switch; job enrichment: give employee more responsibility; job enlargement: give employee more to do. Moving employees from job to job at regular intervals. Expanding the tasks performed by employees to add more variety.
