An idea that comes up quite often in job analysis is that you should structure your organisation around the work that needs to be performed, rather than the people you have. On the surface, that’s a sound idea. You never know when you’ll end up with a vacancy, and you want that vacancy filled with […]
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“The Job Lifecycle” Explained">“The Job Lifecycle” Explained
Posted by Daniel Rose - - Blog
To begin, I consider that any job within an organisation consists of a cycle. By job I don’t mean a position, but a set of work tasks. For example, Mick works at Acme, Inc. making widgets. While the company could conceivably last forever, Mick and the widgets are finite. Both the employees and the work […]
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One thing that I always find amazing is the practice of trying to downplay roles in order to reduce the pay level of a position. It’s always seemed a little bit pointless. What’s really interesting about this practice is that it has virtually no benefit. It alienates employees, and saves very little on payroll costs. […]
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Posted by Daniel Rose - - Blog
Job design and poor individual performance are often blamed for the failure of work groups to achieve goals. It may be more likely that the structure does not enable their success. To understand what I mean, think about the way many organisational structures are defined. Often, particularly in existing organisations, there is a group of […]
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