HRM200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Reasonable Accommodation, Job Rotation, Job Design

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM200
• Professor: Katrina Di Gravio

Document Summary

Relationship between people and tasks must be structured for efficiency and effectivity. Formal relationships among jobs in an organization. Designing organization involves choosing structure that"s appropriate, given strategic goals. The flat or chart removed middle layer of management (senior, managers, supervisors: geared for team organizational and customer service. The matrix chart is used for cross management. Process of systematically organizing work into tasks that are required to perform specific job. Organization"s strategy and structure influences way that it"s designed. Bureaucratic organizations: generally highly specialized because of hierarchical division of labour. Job consists of group of related activities and duties held buy single employee or number of incumbents: clear and distinct from other jobs, involve natural units of work that are similar and related, minimizes conflicts and enhance performance. Position: collection of tasks / responsibilities performed by one person. Job: outgrowth of efficiency demands of industrial revolution. There"s a positive correlation between job specialization and productivity and efficiency.