HR Chapter 4 quiz

____ is the process of studying and designing equipment and systems that are easy and efficient for people to use and that ensure their physical well-being.

Job design

________ occurs when the interaction and outcomes of team members is greater than the sum of their individual efforts.

Synergy

A job specification is:

a statement of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform work.

A job description is:

a statement of the tasks, duties and responsibilities of a job

To achieve empowerment, organizations must encourage participation, innovation, access to information and ____________

accountability.

According to Herzberg, managers can enrich the jobs of employees by:

adding more responsibility to jobs.

________ is the process of adding a greater variety of tasks to a job.

job enlargement

Most job descriptions contain all of the following except a:

job evaluation section.

The statements in a job description covering job duties or essential job functions are usually arranged in:

order of importance.

Job analysis is called the cornerstone of HRM because:

the information it collects serves many HRM functions.