Job design in McDonald As everyone knows‚ McDonald’s Corporation is one of the biggest franchise fast-food restaurants throughout the world. Therefore‚ the implementation of appropriate job design within the organization itself becomes an extra significant issue facing by the manager. As Wood et al (2010‚ p159) states: “Job design involves the planning and specification of job tasks and the work setting designated for their accomplishment.” Each staff is designed a particular set of jobs in McDonald’s
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JOB DESIGN AND TECHNIQUES OF JOB DESIGN JOB A job can be defined as the set of tasks and responsibilities of a worker. These tasks and responsibilities‚ along with performance expectations‚ work conditions (time and place of work)‚ general skills‚ and possibly methods to be used‚ are normally contained in a written job description. There is no set formula for designing jobs that will best fit a production system. Also‚ a job is also reffered to an activity‚ often regular‚ and often performed
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JOB DESIGN‚ ANALYSIS & EVALUATION What is a Job? • A unit in an organisation structure that remains unchanged whoever is in the job • A job consists of a related set of tasks that are carried out by a person to fulfill a purpose • Role – the part people play in carrying out their work FACTORS AFFECTING JOB DESIGN • Process of Intrinsic Motivation • Characteristics of Task Structure • Motivating Characteristics of Jobs JOB DESIGN DEFINED • “The specification of the contents‚ methods
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Job analysis is important to HR managers because information gathered in job analysis is used in so many HR activities/functions. Describe how job analysis information is used in four different HR activities/functions. A job analysis is important because HR managers need to have information regarding each and every job that their employees perform and employees need to know what is expected of them. This includes the employees’ duties‚ responsibilities‚ skills‚ general abilities‚ and knowledge
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same task to command but they have a mutual interest. The friendship groups are formed because members have something in common‚ like gender‚ age‚ political beliefs‚ or sports interest. The friendship groups tend to communicate and interact off the job. The organizations have ways of communicating
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Administrative Specialist II This research paper is a job analysis for the open position within National Park Community College’s financial aid department. A new employee can make or break your organization. Some leaders or managers are tempted to hire someone as quickly as possible and not putting a lot of thought into the process. In order to fill a vacant position‚ leaders must analyze the position‚ create a description that fits the core job requirements and qualifications‚ formulate a selection
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Position: Human Resource Receptionist Primary Location: Columbus‚ OH Schedule: Full Time Job Posting: May 26‚ 2013 Requisition Number: HRM590 Job summary: Provides administrative support to the Human Resources Director and staff on all personnel and departmental matters and assists with other daily office functions. Essential Job Functions: • Assists guests by greeting visitors and having them sign in for appointments. • Dispensing information by providing authorized information form
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Job design and job characteristics are very interesting topics for discussion. In my opinion the modern route‚ that of fitting jobs to people‚ is the best decision a manager can make when designing jobs. It leaves employees more space to experience new challenges and take more responsibility in their job. While reading the Overview of the Job Characteristics Model each of the concepts mentioned brought several examples in my mind. I do not want to cite the concepts from the book‚ but I will give
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Skills (http://humanresources.about.com) • Critical Thinking and problem solving • Judgement Decision Making • Active Listening • Management of personnel –includes motivating employees‚ Developing said employees and choosing right people for the job. • Speaking-must be able to speak to a group of people and
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have been sufficient changes regarding job design over the past decades‚ including the rising popularity of new practices such as employee involvement (Maxwell‚ Richard & Sandra 2008). With new induction of theories‚ an analysis to illustrate the similarities and differences was made between the content and process theories; chosen theories being the two-factor theory and equity theory respectively. Implications of integrating various theories like the Job Characteristics Model (JCM) by Herzberg
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