Accession Number:

ADA063090

Title:

Work Design in the Organizational Context.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

YALE UNIV NEW HAVEN CONN SCHOOL OF ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

Personal Author(s):

• Oldham,Greg R.
• Hackman,J. Richard

Report Date:

1978-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

51.0

Abstract:

This report examines organizational factors that can compromise the implementation and persistence of work redesign. Three organizational systems that constrain the implementation of substantial changes in work are reviewed, followed by four organizational practices that can reduce the likelihood that the effects of work redesign will persist. Throughout the report, strategies for improving the fit between redesigned work and the organizational context are reviewed and evaluated. Author

Descriptors:

• *MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• *JOB ANALYSIS
• *WORK ELEMENTS
• PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
• MANPOWER UTILIZATION
• DESIGN TO COST

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE