MHR 523 Chapter 4: Chapter 4

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

Document Summary

Job: a group of related activities and duties. Position: specific duties and responsibilities performed by only 1 employee. Work: tasks or activities that need to be completed. Role: the part played by na employee within an organization and the associated expected behaviours. Manager"s and the employee"s role in defining work. Manager defined what tasks are to be performed. Job incumbent: they employee hired to do work. Employee will be asked for information regarding the job and its requirements. The process of obtaining information about jobs by determining what the duties, tasks, or activities of those jobs and are the necessary skills, knowledge, training, and abilities to perform the work successfully. Referred to as the cornerstone of hrm because they information it collects informs and supports many hrm processes. Purpose is to improve organizational performance and productivity. Information on a particular job that has been collected and organized into a written document.