chapter 4 Flashcards
work
effort directed toward accomplishing a task
job
grouping tasks, duties, and responsibilites that consistuites the total work assignment
workflow analysis
study of the way work (inputs, activities, and outputs) moves through an organization
job design
organizaing tasks, duties, responsibilitiesl and other elements into a productive unit of work
job redesign
changing exisiting job sin different ways to improve them
contingent worker
someone who is not a full time employee but is a temporary or part time worker for a specific period of time and type of work
person-job fit
matching the characterisitcs of people with the characteristics of jobs
job enlargement
broadening the scope of a job by expanding the number of different tasks that are performed
job enrichment
increasing the depth of a job by adding responsibility for planning, organizing, controlling, and.or evaluating the job
hackman and oldham’s five job characteristics
skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, feedback
skill variety, task identity, and task significance impact what?
the meaningfulness of work
autonomy impact what?
stimulates responisbility
feedback impact what?
provides knowledge of results
skill variety
extent to which the work requires several activities for successful competition
task identity
extent to which the job includes a recognizable unit work work that is carried out from start to finish and results in a know consequence
task significance
impact the job has on other people and the organization as a whole
autonomy
extent of individual freedom and discretion in the work and its scheduling
feedback
amount of information employees receive about how well or how poorly they have performed
job analysis
systematic way of gathering and analyzing information about the content, context, and human requirements of jobs
task
distinct identifiable work activity comprised of motions that employees perform
duty
larger work segment comprised of several tasks that are performed by individuals
responsibilities
obligations that individuals have to performance certain tasks and duties within a job
O net
currently the department of labor domain where u can look for a variety of jobs
essential job functions
fundamentla duties of a job
marginal job functions
duties that are part of a job but are incidental or ancillary to the purpose and nature of the job
performance standards
indicator of what the job accomplishes and how performance is measured in key areas of the job
