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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Structural Failures within Organizations – Close is Not Good Enough

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 17, 2008 

Steve Roesler throws out the concept of applied management in his latest post?on employee survey research.? I couldn’t agree more that we need more applied management within organizations. And I would ask, just what are we applying? Is Close Good Enough? Engineers take natural laws and science-based knowledge and use this inform to inform their […]

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