Work RedesignAddison-Wesley, 1980 - 330 pages A member of the AWL OD Series! Work Redesign is a comprehensive, clearly written study of work design as a strategy for personal and organizational change. Linking theory and practical technologies, the book develops traditional and alternative approaches to work design that can benefit both individuals and organizations. |
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Page 51
... specific techniques and procedures for simplifying work . For example , an industrial engineer might expend much effort and show great ingenuity in developing specific hand and arm movements that are optimally efficient for completing a ...
... specific techniques and procedures for simplifying work . For example , an industrial engineer might expend much effort and show great ingenuity in developing specific hand and arm movements that are optimally efficient for completing a ...
Page 130
... specific problems in the motivation , satisfaction , and work effectiveness of employees who work on the job you studied . Data from the Job Diagnostic Survey and from interviews indicated that the job is low in built - in motivating ...
... specific problems in the motivation , satisfaction , and work effectiveness of employees who work on the job you studied . Data from the Job Diagnostic Survey and from interviews indicated that the job is low in built - in motivating ...
Page 137
... specific depart- ments or accounts . Under this arrangement , employees would have more task identity ( " I do the keypunch work for the Treadfree pro- duction department " ) . In addition , the keypunchers would probably develop a ...
... specific depart- ments or accounts . Under this arrangement , employees would have more task identity ( " I do the keypunch work for the Treadfree pro- duction department " ) . In addition , the keypunchers would probably develop a ...
Contents
People and Their Work | 3 |
The People and the Work | 22 |
The Work Itself | 44 |
Copyright | |
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