ADM 2337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Human Factors And Ergonomics, Industrial Engineering, Job Satisfaction
26 Mar 2018
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Job: a group of related activities and duties. Position: the collection of tasks and activities performed by one person. Therefore there could be 1 software developer job but 20 sd positions in a company. As well, the job could belong to a job family. Job family: a group on individual jobs with similar characteristics. Job analysis: process for obtaining info about jobs by determining the tasks, duties and activities. Identify the human attributes (knowledge, skills and abilities ksa) Used to develop job descriptions and job specifications. Ultimate purpose is to improve organizational performance and productivity. Reference tool for writing job descriptions and specifications. Organized 40000 job titles into 500 occupational groups (a collection of jobs that share some or all main duties) Paq: questionnaire covering 194 different tasks that by means of a five-point scale, seeks to determine the degree to which different tasks are involved in performing a particular job.
