Assignment 5 Flashcards
Majority of Skill Based Pay:
in manufacturing, where the work often involves teams, multiskills and flexibility.
Advantage of skill based plan
People can be deployed in a way that better matches the flow of work, thus avoiding bottlenecks as well as idle hands.
Skill plans can focus on
dept or breadth
Definition of Skill-Based Structures
Skill-based structures link pay to the depth or breath of the skills, abilities, and knowledge a person acquires that are relevant to the work.
Structures based on skill pay:
individuals for all the skills for which they have been certified regardless of whether the work they are doing requires all of just a few of those particular skills.
Job based structures pay:
employees for the job to which they are assigned, regardless of the skills they possess.
Usefullness of skill-based structures can be evaluated using the following objective: Does it support the strategy and objectives?
The skills on which to base a structure need to be directly related to the organization’s obejctives and strategy.
Usefullness of skill-based structures can be evaluated using the following objective: Does it support the workflow?
One of the main advantages of a skill-based plan is that it can more easily match people to a changing workflow. Skill-based systems focus on inputs, not results.
Usefullness of skill-based structures can be evaluated using the following objective: Is it fair to employees
Employees like the potential of higher pay that comes with learning. By encouraging employees to take charge of their own development, skill-based plans may give them more control over their work lives. Unfortunately, favortism and bias can play a role in determining who gets a first chance at the training necessary to become certified at higher levels.
Usefullness of skill-based structures can be evaluated using the following objective: Does it motivate behavior toward organization objectives?
Person-based plans have the potential to clarify new standards and behavioral expectations. The fluid work assignments that skill-based plans permit encourage employees to take responsibility for the complete work process and its results, with less direction from supervisors.
Skill Analysis
a systematic process to identify and collect information about skills required to perform work in an organizaiton
Major Decision that must be made when building a skill-based structure:
1) What is the objective of the plan?
2) What information should be collected?
3) What methods should be used to determine and certify skills
4) Who should be involved?
5) How useful are the results for pay purposes?
How are competencies defined?
1) Skills- demonstration of expertise
2) Knowledge- accumulated information
3) Self-Concepts- attitudes, values, self-image
4) Trais- general disposition to behave in a certain way
5) Motives- recurrent thoughts that drive behaviors
Competencies are becoming:
a collection of observable behaviors (not a single behavior) that require no inference, assumption, or interpretation
Frederick Taylor
The Father of Scientific Management. He developed the premise that by breaking work down into specific tasks and working them in the most efficient manner consistently, ‘the one best way’ of doing a job would develop. His theory was quickly adopted by mass producers of goods and revolutionizied the way work is done.
