BU354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Central Link, Scientific Management, Job Satisfaction
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Job analysis: systematic study of a job to discover its specifications, skill requirements and so on for wage-setting, recruitment, training or job-design purposes. Job: consists of a group of related activities and duties: can be held by a single employee or several persons. Position: the collection of tasks and responsibilities performed by an individual employee. To match job applicants to openings, hr specialists have to understand what each job requires and know what information to place in ads: hr department formalizes collection, evaluation and organization of info. Three phases: preparation, collection of job information and use of job information for improving organizational effectiveness. 3 key activities are performed in this phase. Step 1 familiarization with the organization and its job: know what the organizations objectives, strategies, structure, inputs and desired outcomes. Intent is to collect relevant and accurate info about jobs and factors determining job success.
