Exam 5: Job Analysis, Job Design and Quality of Work Life

In the JCM model, the extent to which the job provides the employee freedom to plan, schedule and decide about work procedures is referred to as:

Despite some criticisms of competency profiling, its proponents argue that by identifying specific occupational requirements that facilitate the achievement of the organisation's strategic objectives it:

Outline the strengths and weaknesses of competency profiling.

A problem with job analysis might be that:

The heart of a job description is/are the:

The purpose of the job analysis, the types of information to be collected, the sources of information, and the way in which the data are to be analysed and reported determines:

The job analysis instrument and scoring/reporting service developed by Purdue University and marketed commercially is:

A well-designed job promotes the achievement of the organisation's strategic business objectives by restructuring work so that:

Job enrichment can lead to:

Specification of the content of a job, the material and equipment required to do the job, and the relation of the job to other jobs is:

Socio-technical enrichment aims to:

A systematic investigation of the tasks, duties, responsibilities of a job and the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities a person needs to perform a role adequately, is known as:

Organisational benefits of introducing flexible working hours may include:

The approach to job analysis that is based upon identifying the skills and behaviours needed to perform a job is described as a(n):

The critical psychological states that experienced meaningfulness of work, experienced responsibility for work outcomes, and knowledge of results, determine:

One of the criticisms of job analysis is that older and less-educated workers typically: