.... There are three particular decision areas of HR strategy that impinge particularly on operations management: labor‐planning, job design, and labor standards. This paper examines the implications of each of these areas for operations managers. Labor planning is the process of ensuring that employment levels...

... are discussed. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Job design Demographics Stereotyping Race Group working Perception In addition to developments in technology, communications, and transportation, the increasing interdependence of markets, resources, and competition have played major roles...

...Anna Baines Examines the design of jobs at the micro‐structure or individual level of the organization. Reviews the drawbacks of the scientific management approach to micro‐level job design. Argues that at the level of the individual, managers should be attempting to create a role for each...

...John Bailey Considers the possibilities of matching the needs of people and technology for the benefit of organizations and their customers in the context of job design. Looks at technology and efficiency in light of the application of new technology in the form of computer systems of information...

... jobs. Surmises that the quality of working life is a composite of the attributes of the work groups, and that the organizational structure is only fully complete when each employee′s role is defined to a detailed level. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Autonomous work groups Group working Job design...