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Flashcards by Taylor Bentley, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Taylor Bentley
over 3 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Job | A group of related activities and duties |
| Position | The different duties by only one employee |
| Job Family | A group of individual jobs with similar characterstics |
| Job Specification | A sttement of the needed knowledge, skills and abilities of the person who is to perform the job |
| Job Descriptions | A statement of the taasks, duties, and responsibilities of a job to be performed |
| Job Analysis | The process of obtaining information about jobs by determining the duties, tasks or activities of jobs |
| Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) | Covering 194 tasks that, in a 5 point scale, seeks to determine the degree to which different tasks are involved in performing a particular job |
| Critical Incident Method | A job analysis method by which important job tasks are identified for job success |
| Task Inventory Analysis | An organization-speciifc list of tasks and their descriptions used as a basis to identify components of jobs |
| Job Design | An outgrowth of job analysis that improves jobs through technological and human considerations to nehance organization efficiency and employee job satisfaction |
| Job Enrichment | Enhancing a job by adding more meaningful tasks and duties to make the work more rewarding or satisfying |
| Job Characteristics Model | A job design theory that states there are 3 psychological states of a jobholder result in improed work performance, internal motivation and lower absenteeism and turnover |
| Employee Empowerment | Granting employees power to initiate change, thereby encouraging them to take charge of what they do |
| Industrial Engineering | A field of study concerned with analyzing work methods and establishing time standards |
| Ergonomics | An approach to designing equipment and systems that can be easily and efficiently used by human beings |
| Employee Involvement Groups (Eis) | Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems or offer suggestions for organizational improvement |
| Employee Teams | An employee contributions technique whereby work functions are structured for groups rahter than for individuals and team members are given discretion in matters traditionally considered management, such as improvements, service development |
| Virtual Teams | A team with widely dispersed members linked together through computer and telecommunications technology |
| Flextime | Flexible working hours that permit employees the option of choosing daily starting and quitting times provided that they work a set number of hours per day or week |
| Job Sharing | Two parttime employees perform a job that otherwise would be held by one fulltime employee |
| Telecommuting | Use of personal computers, networks and other communications technology to do work in the home that is traditionally done in the workplace |
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