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Slocum, John W., Jr. – Journal of Experiential Learning and Simulation, 1981
Briefly reviews the salient concepts in the job redesign literature and describes an exercise which permits the reader to undertake a job redesign program. Actual company data are provided that indicate the effectiveness of the company's strategy. Sixteen references are listed. (Author/LLS)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Insurance Occupations, Job Analysis, Job Development

Bowles, Samuel – 1979
This paper asserts that the reason so many high school graduates are functionally illiterate may be that the form of economic organization in the United States does not sufficiently value or make use of intelligence. The paper reviews studies that report both the decline in general knowledge of high school graduates and the promotion of programs…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Economic Research, Economics, Educational Research
Pierce, Jon L. – Personnel Administrator, 1980
Reviews studies of the relationship of job design and redesign (including skill required, variety afforded, autonomy allowed, identity of the task required, significance of the task required, feedback given, and friendship opportunities offered) to employee satisfaction and performance. (JM)
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employee Responsibility, History, Job Analysis
Kochan, Thomas; And Others – 1989
The 1980s have been a period during which important private experiments with innovations have occurred in employee participation, work redesign, and the introduction of new technologies and new systems of production. It is now time to move beyond the experimental stage. The following four interrelated policy initiatives should guide public efforts…
Descriptors: Adults, Diffusion (Communication), Employees, Employer Employee Relationship