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Chapter 7
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Management
Undergraduate 3
10/24/2011

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job design
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process of linking specific tasks to specific jobs and deciding what tech equi and procedures should be used to perform those task
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scientific management
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a set of principles and practices designed to increase the performance of indy employees by stressing job simplification and specialization
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job simplification
Definition
breaking up work that needs to be performed in an org into smallest identifiable tasks
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jobb specialization
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the assignment of employees to perform small, simple tasks
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time and motion studies
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studies that reveal exactly how long it takes to perform a task and the best way to perform it
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job enlargement
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increasing number of tasks a employee performs but keeping all of the tasks at the same level of difficulty and responsibility, also called horizontal job loading
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job enrichment
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increasing an employee's responsibility and control over his or her work, also called vertical job loading
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job characteristics model
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an approach to job design that aims to identify characteristics that make jobs intrinsically motivating and the consequences of those characteristics
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skill variety
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the extent to which a job requires an employee to use different skills, abilities, or talents
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task identity
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involves performing a whole piece of work from its beginning to its end
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task significance
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has impact on the lives or work of other ppl in or outof the org
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autonomy
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degree to which a job allows an employee the freedom and independence to schedule work and decide how to carry it out
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feedback
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job provides employee with clear info about their effectiveness
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MPS
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measure of the overall potential of a job to foster intrinsic motivation
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