HRM200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Human Factors And Ergonomics, Absenteeism, Work Motivation

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

Document Summary

Job design process of organizing work into tasks required for a job. Job group of related activities/duties for one or more employees: position collection of tasks/responsibilities performed by one person. In behavioural considerations employees are starting to identify with the job (employees also rotate jobs) ergonomics figuring out what is the human interaction. Specialization and industrial engineering considerations the substitute of machine power for people, emerged the correlation between (1) job specialization and (2) productivity and efficiency. Job characteristics model core job characteristics define a happy, health job it proposes that employee motivation and satisfaction are directly linked to five core characteristics: 1. Feedback: these core job characteristics create the conditions that enable workers to experience three critical psychological states that are related to a number of beneficial work outcomes, 1. Knowledge of results: the linkage between job characteristics, psychological states and work outcomes is determined by the intensity of an individuals employees need for growth.