Job Analysis, Retention, and Motivation

Module 2 Supplemental Material

Answer the 2 questions separately and utilize at least one outside source for each question for a total of two outside sources.

Question 1

You are a human resource manager. In response to the pandemic, your company has made some changes in job functions. Many employees are allowed to work from home during the pandemic. Accordingly, knowledge and skills for telework (employees completing work through electronic interaction, telecommunications, and Internet technology) are required for employees to fulfill their jobs. A HR specialist in your department has proposed to update job descriptions and job specifications to reflect these changes. Another HR specialist has argued that these changes are just temporary measures during the pandemic and therefore taken the position that there is no need to update the job descriptions/specifications. What position would you take? Explain why.

Question 2

MoneyDesktop is a technology company in Utah that enables financial institutions to work with customers. Michael Moulton, the creative director, describes the type of people who work at MoneyDesktop as individuals who want to feel challenged and want to develop their skills. Retaining people who fit into the company culture is critical to the company’s success. Michael says that while several employees have come in as interns and now run departments, MoneyDesktop has trouble finding entrepreneurs to work and stay at a startup company because entrepreneurs want to start their own companies. How would you suggest MoneyDesktop recruit and retain this type of employees?

 

Define the following concepts:

  • Work:
  • Job:
  • Job design:
  • Job redesign:
  • Person–job fit:

Describe the differences between job enlargement and job enrichment.

What are the five characteristics of jobs to consider in job design?