Unit 3: Analysis and Design of Work (Pt. 3)

Job Identification

It is an element of Job Description which consist of the job title, date, approver of description, facility/division and department, immediate supervisor’s title, information regarding salary and/or pay scale, and grade/level of hte job

Job Title

It specifies the name of the job

Date

It is the date the job description was actually approved

Job Summary

It should summarize the essence of the job, and include only its major functions or activities

Relationships

There may be a ________ statement that shows the jobholder’s _______ with others inside and outside the organization, such as who reports to who and who supervises who.

Duties and Responsibilities

It is the heart of the job description, and should present a list of the job’s significant responsibilities and duties

Standards of Performance

The _________ section lists the standards the company expects the employee to achieve for each of the job description’s main duties and responsibilities

Job Specification

The ________ takes the job description and answers the question, “What human traits and experience are required to do this job effectively?”

Uniform worn from past job

Job specifications tent to focus on the factors such as the following, except?

• Length of previous service

• Uniform worn from past job

• Quality of relevant training

• Previous job performance

Predictor

One of the goals of job specification is to determine statistically the relationship between some ________, such as human trait like height, intelligence, or finger dexterity

Criterion

One of the goals of job specification is to determine statistically the relationship between some indicators or ________ of job effectiveness, such as performance as rated by the supervisor

Job-Requirements Matrix

The _________ is a more complete description of what the worker does and how and why he or she does it, clarifying each task’s purpose and each duty’s required knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics

Column 6: The office location of each employee

A typical matrix lists the following information, in these columns, except?

• Column 1: Each of the job’s four or five main job duties

• Column 2: The task statements for the main tasks associated with each main job duty

• Column 3: The relative importance of each main job duty

• Column 4: The time spent on each main job duty

• Column 5: The knowledge, skills, ability, and other human characteristics (KSAO) related to each main job duty

• Column 6: The office location of each employee

Competency Models

Many employers are therefore using a newer job analysis approach. Instead of listing the job’s duties, they are listing, in ________ (or profiles), the knowledge, skills, and experience someone needs to do the job.

Job Design

It is the process of defining how work will be performed and tasks required in a given job

Job Redesign

It refers to changing tasks or way work is performed in an existing job

Mechanistic Approach

It is a basic approach of job design, which identifies the simplest way to structure work to maximize efficiency and reduces the need for high-ability individuals

Biological Approach

It is a basic approach of job design with a major goal to provide enhanced ergonomics for its employees, apply a redesigning equipments for jobs that are physically demanding, and promote a positive psychological effect by providing climate that values safety and health

Ergonomics

The _________’ goal is to minimize physical strain by structuring the physical work environment around how the body works.

Motivational Approach

It is a basic approach of job design, which focuses on psychological and motivational potential of a job, considering attitudinal variables as important, and other job characteristics model

Job Gentrification

It is under the Motivational Approach under Job Design, which highlights the shift in preferences among educated workers towards jobs that provide more direct engagement, personal satisfaction, and a sense of meaning, even if they were traditionally seen as less prestigious or professional.

Perceptual-Motor Approach

It is a basic approach of job design that don’t exceed people’s mental capabilities and limitations, focuses on information overload that can detract performance, and highlights the absence presence results when interacting with multiple media