MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dan Ariely, Mcjob, Job Enrichment

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 523
• Professor: Danielle Lamb

Document Summary

The procedure for determining the tasks, duties, and responsibilities of each job, and the human attributes (in terms of knowledge, skills, and abilities) required to perform it. Job enlargement, job rotation, job enrichment, team based job design. Skill variety: task identity, task significance, autonomy. Steps in job analysis: review relevant background information, select jobs to be analyzed. Jobs that are central to the organization are analyzed: collect data on job activities. Interviews, questionnaires, observations, participant diary/log, national occupation. Verify with: workers currently performing the job; supervisors. Increases validity and reliability: write job descriptions and job specifications. Job description: statement of duties, responsibilities, reporting relationships, and working conditions of the job. Job specifications: statement of requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this job. Detailed job descriptions and specifications create realistic job previews. Human rights legislation considerations: communicate and update information as needed. Anticipate modifications: restricting, new product development, technological changes, competitors.