Please answer the following (make sure to follow format guidelines for all discussions and replies as described on the assignment rubrics [e.g., length of response, professionalism]):

1) Suppose you are asked to design/redesign a job in your company. According to the Job Characteristic Model, what five characteristics should be considered in this process? Why are these important?

2) As mentioned in section 4.3, flexibility can be designed into a job in several different ways, such as changing where or when the work can be performed. Personally, identify a few jobs that you think may have this flexibility (noting the role of technology in the suggested jobs).

3) What is a job analysis and what is its main purpose?

4) Explain how you would conduct a job analysis in a company that has never had job descriptions (hint: discuss Employee fears and Managerial Straitjacket issues first, then briefly follow with the Stages of the Job Analysis Process).