HRM200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Fide, New Product Development, Paq

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM200
• Professor: Dean Bulloch William Peckham

Document Summary

Job: a group of related activities/duties for one or more employees. Position: the collection of tasks and responsibilities performed by one person. Job analysis: 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 analysis: job descriptions and job specifications. Steps in job analysis: review relevant background information, select jobs to be analyzed, collect data on job activities, verify and modify data if required, write job descriptions and job specifications, communicate and update information as needed. Organizational structure: refers to the formal relationships among jobs in an organization: should be appropriate given strategic goals. Process chart: a diagram showing the flow of inputs to and outputs from the job under study. Is necessary when there are a number of similar jobs. Job design: the process of systematically organizing work into tasks that are required to perform a specific job.