SHRM Ch4 (Job design and job analysis)

_____ is the process of determining the tasks and responsibilities that employees in a particular job are expected to perform, as well as how they need to interact with their coworkers to realize those contributions.

• Job design

• Job analysis

• Job specialization

• Job simplification

A critical goal of managing the primary human resources (HR) _____ is maximizing the employee contributions that yield competitive advantage.

• budgets

• activities

• job titles

• head count

Job design helps employees focus on the _____ that optimize their potential contributions for competitive advantage.

• culture and coworkers

• budgets and expenses

• customers and sales

• tasks and responsibilities

_____ is the process of systematically identifying the tasks, duties, and responsibilities expected to be performed in a single job, as well as the competencies—the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs)—that employees must possess to be successful in the job.

• Job design

• Job specialization

• Job analysis

• Job simplification

In addition to deciding how to design jobs, managers must understand the ______ that an employee needs to possess to successfully perform a particular job.

• competencies

• attitudes

• personality

• desires

Two important outputs of job analysis are the creation of job descriptions and the _____.

• task details

• minimum task expectations

• job specifications

• job specialization

A _____ is a written summary of the specific tasks, responsibilities, and working conditions of a job.

• job description

• task description

• job specification

• job outline

A description of the competencies—the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) or other talents—that a job holder must have to perform a job successfully is called _____.

• job descriptions

• task descriptions

• job definitions

• job specifications

In practice _____ are written summaries of the specific tasks, responsibilities, and working conditions of a job and include the job specifications.

• job descriptions

• job specifications

• job analysis

• job summaries

_____ are the specific competencies a jobholder must possess to be able to perform a job successfully.

• Job analysis

• Job summaries

• Job specifications

• Job descriptions