Chapter 4: Job AnalysisContinuing Case: The carter cleaning company: The job description1. What should be the format and final form of the store manager’s job description?Ans: The format noted in figure 4-6 could be a reasonable format to use. Students mayrecommend that Jen should include a “standards of performance” section in the job description.This lists the standards the employee is expected to achieve under each of the job description’smain duties and responsibilities, and would address the problem of employees notunderstanding company policies, procedures, and expectations. In addition, students mayrecommend that Jennifer instead take a competency-based approach which describes the job interms of the measurable, observable, …show more content…
First, how would you recommend we go about reducing the turnover in our stores? Ans: The students should base their responses on the information presented in the advertisingsection of the chapter, and their response should include placing and constructing ads that willattract candidates who will find the job attractive. Or Jennifer can do a quick analysis on what it costs her to recruit and train a new employee(including the cost of lower productivity as a person learns a new job). Every reduction inemployee turnover can be translated to dollars. In fact, Jennifer can improve workingconditions without any change in her profit if she pays for improvements from savings inemployee turnover costs. The best source of ideas from improvement may come from exitinterviews (what would we have done to our work environment that would have made youmore likely to stay?), and from existing employees. Students are also likely to suggest some of the following; air-conditioned work space, more employees (so workers work fewer hours) longer or more frequent breaks. Other students will consider more complicate solutions like job rotation. Still others might suggest the use of deferred compensation or profit sharing tokeep employees a full year (e.g., $8.50 per hour, $7.50 now, one dollar per hour paid at year end
A job description is a written summary of the responsibilities related to a specific job and the skills and knowledge necessary for discharging those responsibilities effectively. The job description becomes a handy resource for human resource professionals and departmental heads when recruiting new people to fill in vacancies as well as for the purpose of evaluating performance. The job description is also an important component of the job specification, a document that includes task requirements as well as a profile of the ideal person for the job (Cascio 2003, p. 160).
Once we understand requirements for the position, then next step is to define ways of meeting those needs. It includes the amount of resources and authority the position provides to fulfill the business need. A job description can be as simple as a list of tasks required by the individual holding the position. Formal job descriptions will include level of responsibility, expected outcome, including reporting line and other interactions. Once expectations, and means of attaining expectations are documented, then sketching ideal candidate will become easier.
The objective of this report was to analyze Vivint-Smart Home Solutions’ performance in terms of organisational culture, management and leadership styles and motivation and how organizations have been affected by them. In this report, we identified that Vivint has an association of Hierarchy and Market organisational culture, relationship-oriented and task-oriented leadership styles and servant leadership style. Moreover, it demonstrated that Vivint has intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. These resulted in successful and unsuccessful practices of Vivint based on the Undercover Boss TV series based on three aspects which have been mentioned above. In addition, this report critiqued the Undercover Boss method for discovering the problems within an organisation and recommended other processes for uncovering issues. The results showed that organisational culture, management and leadership styles as well as motivation played significant roles in Vivint’s performance. Recommendations have been made to improve the unsuccessful practices of Vivint such as training managers to be empathic problem solver, examining and updating the working condition regularly, bonus for employees who give feedback voluntarily on management processes and offering fund to employees who are in need of support.
The Boeing Corporation is the world’s leading aerospace company and is the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners as well as military aircrafts. Boeing has teams that manufacture missiles, satellites, defense systems, and communication systems. NASA turns to Boeing when they need something and Boeing operates the International Space Station. Boeing has a broad range of capabilities and skills, which is probably the reason they are the world’s leading aerospace company. With the Boeing headquarters in Chicago, more than 170,000 people in 70 different countries find themselves employed with the corporation and
* Prepare an explanation of the expectations about your own work role as expressed in relevant standards (1.2)
1.1 Produce a job description using the template below to describe your duties and responsibilities
Mr. Gillespie is a 21 year old male who presented to the ED after an intentional overdose on 20 600mg of Gabapentin. Per documentation from ED staff Mr. Gillespie reported he became angry at his grandmother tonight and tried to "prove a point." Mr. Gillespe reported to staff threatened to overdose on his on pills, however dumped them in the toilet. He expressed after making threats to overdose on his prescribed Celexa did not phase his grandmother, he proceeded to take her Gabapentin. Per documentation Mr. Gillespe has been living with grandmother for 2 weeks and before that was living with his mother in Cary. At the time of the assessment Mr. Gillespie was calm and cooperative. He denies current suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. He appears guarded during the assessment. He reports tonight his grandmother and he got into an argument over him getting a job. He reports his grandmother informed him he has to be out by Friday. Mr. Gillespe denies history of self harm. He
Job specification is a statement of employee characteristics and qualifications required for satisfactory performance of defined duties and tasks including a specific job or function. Job specification is derived from job analysis. Job specifications that employee needs are the knowledge, skills, and abilities an individual need to perform a job satisfactorily. This is including education, experience, work skill requirements, personal abilities, and mental and physical requirements.
According to the CMSA (Case Management Society of America) and several others organizations that case management alone means that it is a collective system that helps the patient and their family needs through the communication, available resources of promoted quality, and cost-effective outcomes.
3. In the ad, list the top 5 job activities/tasks and the top 5 job specifications for the professor position.
This job description meets our needs but could do with some minor changes. If I had the responsibility of updating it I would:
“Case management is a collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, care coordination, evaluation, and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual’s and family’s comprehensive health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality, cost-effective outcomes” (CMSA. p.6, 2010). Case management plans are an integral part that help to develop and contribute to the care and services that will be needed to provide services to the client to achieve optimal health outcomes (CMSA, 2010).
Kate is the owner of a successful business, selling women’s shoes. Her business is expanding fast and she wants to upgrade her business structure to a more appropriate one. What would be your recommendation to Kate and why? What are the factors that influence you with this advice?
Q: Was the decision to attract ultra HNI customers through a separate dedicated branch a good idea?
What should be the format and final form of the store manager's job description? 2. Is it practical to specif,i standards and procedures in the body of the job description, or should these be kept