Role Analysis, Time Span of Discretion, and Requisite Work Levels

By Michelle Malay Carter on February 26, 2009 

Universal Measures and Understanding Properties of Work?Allows for Informed Organizational Design I’ve often said that understanding work levels allows us to do organizational engineering because we can use our knowledge to make predictions and design accordingly.? Just like we can predict when H2O will change to ice or steam as we raise or lower the […]

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Job Analysis via Time Span of Discretion – A Universal Level of Work Measure

By Michelle Malay Carter on February 25, 2009 

Titles are Paper Tigers Relying on titles to compare roles for any purpose is dangerous business.? There is simply too much variation. Scientifically Validated, Universal Measure So what is a universal, reliable way to measure the level of work of a role?- time span of discretion, as discovered by Elliott Jaques.? Time span of discretion […]

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