MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Industrial Engineering, Fide, Reasonable Accommodation
27 Jan 2017
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(cid:498)a process by which information about jobs is systematically gathered and organized(cid:499) A group of related activities/duties for one or more employees. The collection of tasks/responsibilities performed by one person. Step 1: review relevant background information: organizational structure. The formal relationships among jobs in an organization. Should be appropriate given strategic goals: organization chart. Clarifies chain of command; who reports to whom. Does not explain communication patterns, degree of supervision, power, authority, or. Step 2: select jobs to be analyzed specific duties: necessary when there are a number of similar jobs. Job design: the process of systematically organizing work into tasks that are required to perform a specific job. Step 3: collect data on job activities: interviews (individual, group, supervisory, questionnaires, observations, participant diary/log, national occupation classification (noc) Reference tool for writing job descriptions and job specifications. Contains comprehensive, standardized descriptions of about 30,000 occupations and the requirements for each.
