1.Describe your job (or role in a group or team that you're amember of) in terms of Hackman and Oldham’s Job CharacteristicsModel. To what extent does the model provide you with the tools orlanguage you need to describe jobs in useful ways from a job designpoint of view? Why?
2.If you were to redesign your job, or role in a group or teamthat you are a member of, (or create an ideal job for yourself),what would it look like in terms of the Job Characteristics Model?Which core job characteristics would it contain, and how would eachcharacteristic be applied to your job? Which of the core jobcharacteristics are most important to you, and why?
3.Think about how goals are set where you work (or where youhave worked in the past, or in some group or team you were a memberof). How would you describe the goal setting process? Whichelements of effective goal setting were present, and which wereabsent? Relate the presence or absence of these goals settingelements to how effective or ineffective the company, group or teamwas in achieving these goals. That is, did the presence or absenceof effective goal setting techniques make a difference?
