Advanced Job Design
Considering the inequities revealed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ “Persons with a Disability Labor Force Characteristics” report, please answer the following:
Using an example of a job within an industry of your choosing, describe how jobs could be designed using teams and interdependencies to accommodate workers with disabilities.
Using an example of a job within an industry of your choosing, please describe how jobs could be designed using technology to accommodate workers with disabilities.
Watch the video linked below, “Up-Close Look at Real Life in Trauma Unit”, from CBS News in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. This video depicts the JPS Trauma Center, which is a high reliability organization (HRO) that deals with life and death emergencies all day.
Up-Close Look at Real Life in Trauma Unit
After watching the video, please describe the following:
A. How do the team members communicate and coordinate their duties?
B. What is the role of the head of the unit, Dr. Gandhi, and how does he execute that role through his team?
C. What skills and traits are necessary for the employees in this unit to possess?
D. Comment on the type of information you see and hear transferred among the team members and whether it’s centralized or decentralized.
