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15 Cards in this Set
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a dimension of technology in which work activities can be reduced to mechanical steps and participants can follow an objective, computational procedure to solve problems
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Analyzability
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a completely mechanized manufacturing process in which there is no starting or stopping
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Continuous Process Production
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the work process that is directly related to the organization's mission
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Core Technology
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technology characterized by a fairly stable stream of activities but in which the conversion process is not analyzable or well understood
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Craft Technologies
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technology in which there is substantial variety in the tasks performed, but activities are usually handled on the basis of established formulas, procedures, and techniques
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Engineering Technology
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using computers to link together manufacturing components such as robots, machines, product design, and engineering analysis to enable fast switching from one product to another
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Flexible Manufacturing Systems
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a variety of products or services provided in combination to a client
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Intensive Technologies
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the extent to which departments depend on each other for resources or material to accomplish their tasks
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Interdependence
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the assignment of goals and tasks to be accomplished by employees
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Job Design
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the designing of jobs to expand the number of different tasks performed by an employee
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Job Enlargement
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the designing of jobs to increase responsibilty, recognition, and opportunities for growth and achievement
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Job Enrichment
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moving employees from job to job to give them a greater variety of tasks and alleviate bordom
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Job Rotation
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the reduction of the bumber and difficulty of tasks performed by a single person
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Job Simplification
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the goal of the sociotechnical systems approach, which states that an organization will funtion best only if its social and technical systems are designed to fit the need of one another
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Joint Optimization
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a manufacturing process characterized by long production runs of standardized parts
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Large-batch Production
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