BU354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Job Design, Job Analysis, Job Performance
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Job analysis: process for determining the tasks involved in an existing job, feeds into most other areas of hr practice. Job design: process of organizing tasks to create a job, used for creating new jobs (or redesigning existing ones) Job description: written statement of what the job-holder does, based on the results of the job analysis or job design. Job specification: written statement of the human requirements of the job (ksaos, based on the results of the job analysis or job design. Job analysis informs: job redesign, compensation, recruitment and selection, performance appraisals. Job analysis steps: preparation for job analysis, familiarization with the organization and its jobs, determine uses of job analysis information. Identify jobs to be analyzed: collection of job analysis information, determine sources of job data, data collection instrument design, choice of method for data collection, leads to job description and job specification. The modern era: job enlargement, job rotation, job enrichment, ergonomics.
