BUSI 2180U Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Job Analysis, Scientific Management, Job Design
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Job a group of related activities and duties, held by a single employee or a number of incumbents (number of positions): position the collection of tasks and responsibilities performed by one person (number of workers). Job analysis the procedure for determining the tasks, duties, and responsibilities of each job, and the human attributes (knowledge, skills, abilities) required to perform it. Step 2: select jobs to be analyzed: the step involves the selection of representative positions and jobs to be analyzed. This is necessary when there are many incumbents in a single job and when a number of similar jobs are to be analyzed because it would be too time-consuming to analyze every position and job. Job enlargement (horizontal loading) a technique to relieve monotony and boredom that i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)es assig(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)orker"s additio(cid:374)al tasks at the sa(cid:373)e le(cid:448)el of respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to increase the number of tasks they have to perform.
