ORGANIZATION AND JOB DESIGN
Design of productive organizations and people's roles within them. Issues including boundary location, organizational decision levels, autonomous work groups, implementation and diffusion. Roles of the union. Case studies.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: I SY E/PSYCH 349 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2021 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply the work system model Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Apply a variety of models and theories of job and organization design to answer questions such as, "What makes for a good job?" and "What makes for a bad job?" Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Apply interview and survey methods for analyzing jobs Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify approaches to implement job redesign Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Identify societal trends related to job design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Identify similarities and differences between various models and theories of job and organization design Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply the work system model Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Apply a variety of models and theories of job and organization design to answer questions such as, "What makes for a good job?" and "What makes for a bad job?" Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Apply interview and survey methods for analyzing jobs Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify approaches to implement job redesign Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Identify societal trends related to job design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Identify similarities and differences between various models and theories of job and organization design Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
- Catalogue entry ↗
Catalogue variants
- ORGANIZATION AND JOB DESIGN · 3 credits.