NUTR 431D2 Chapter 4: HRM 200 - chapter 4.docx

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: NUTR 431D2
• Professor: Katrina Di Gravio

Document Summary

Hrm -200 -chapter 4 -designing and analyzing jobs. Job design job design: the process of systematically organizing work into tasks that are required to perform a specific job. Administrative work to managers and supervisors like organizing, and low level employees narrowly defined jobs. Only good for employees with intellectual disabilities or people who lack education and training. Normals want more money for repetitive tasks and will look like they are not being used for their full potential. Industrial engineering: a field of study concerned with analyzing work methods; making work cycles more efficient by modifying, combining, rearranging or eliminating tasks; and establishing time standards. Have to be careful of psychological effects on human too, things like assembly line may cz more turnover, people don"t want repetitive jobs so they will be unhappy. Greater responsibilities and autonomy, more jobs that require training, giving them feedback, giving a whole job instead of only parts of it, increasing difficulty of jobs.