Ob-Ch-8

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Job Simplification

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standardizes tasks and employes people in very routine jobs

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Job Enlargement

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increases task variety by adding new tasks of similar difficulty to a job (Horizontal loading)

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Job Rotation

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increases task variety by shifting workers among jobs that have tasks of similar difficulty (Horizontal loading)

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Job enrichment

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increases job content by giving workers more responsibility for and planning and evaluationg duties (Vertical loading)

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Job characteristics model

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identifies five core job characteristics that are very important in job design

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What are the 5 job characteristics in the model.

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1.) Skill Variety-degree to which job includes variety of different activities and involves number of different skils
2.) Task Identity-doing a job from start to finish and seeing the outcome
3.)Task significance-degree to which job is important and involves meaningful contirbution to organazion or society
4.)Autonomy- degree to which job gives employee freedom and discretion in job
5.) Job feedback

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Motivating potential score

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describes how much the core characteristics of a job create motivating conditions

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What are the 3 moderators that effect the job chracteristics model

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1.) Growth need strength- how much a person wants oppurtunity for self direction and personal accomplishments at work
2.)Knowledge and skill- people with the abilities that fit the demands of enriched jobs are predicted to feel good and perform well.
3.) context satisfaction- how satisfied an employee is with aspects of the work.

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Social information processing

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approach argues that individual needs and task percepetions and reactions result from socailly constructed realities.

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Sociotechnical systems

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integrate people and technology into high-performance work setting

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Automation

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allows machines to do work that was previously done by people

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Flexible manufacturing systems

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use adaptive technology and integrated job design to easily shift production from one product to another

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Process re-engineering

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analyzes, streamlines, and reconfigures actions and tasks to achieve work goals

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Goal Setting

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is the process of developing, negotating, and setting motivational performance objectives

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compressed workweek

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allows full time jobs to be completed in less than five full workdays

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flexible working hours

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give employees some daily choice in sceduling their arrival and departure times from work

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Job sharing

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allows one full time job to be divided among two or more persons

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telecommuting

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is the term for working at home or in remote locations while using computer and telecommunications links witht he office

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Temporary-Part time work

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is temporary work of fewer hours thans the standard week

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Permanent-Part time work

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is permanent work of fewer hours than the standard week

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contract work

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is temporary work usually equal to the standrard week but the employment ends after a set time