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Weber's analysis shows [instrumental] scientific rationality to have much more in common with [value-rational] religious rationality than was previously believed. Not only does Weber's work lay bare this commonality, it also open up the possibility of a mutually enriching conversation between the two. [4]: 148–51 see also [5]
Job characteristics theory is a theory of work design.It provides “a set of implementing principles for enriching jobs in organizational settings”. [1] The original version of job characteristics theory proposed a model of five “core” job characteristics (i.e. skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback) that affect five work-related outcomes (i.e ...
An "instrumental rationalist" is a decision expert whose response to seeing a man engaged in slicing his toes [the man’s value rational fact-free end] with a blunt knife [the man’s instrumental value-free means] is to rush to advise him that he should use a sharper knife to better serve [instrumentally] his evident [value rational] objective.
In moral philosophy, instrumental and intrinsic value are the distinction between what is a means to an end and what is as an end in itself. [1] Things are deemed to have instrumental value (or extrinsic value [ 2 ] ) if they help one achieve a particular end; intrinsic values , by contrast, are understood to be desirable in and of themselves.
The general purpose of job analysis is to document the requirements of a job and the work performed. Job and task analysis is performed as a basis for later improvements, including: definition of a job domain; description of a job; development of performance appraisals, personnel selection, selection systems, promotion criteria, training needs ...
A meta-analysis of selection methods in personnel psychology found that general mental ability was the best overall predictor of job performance and training performance. [13] While intelligence (general mental ability) is the strongest known predictor of job performance, that is less true for fields that are information-rich and require much ...
The findings of Jungian analysis and the application of analytical psychology to [12] contemporary preoccupations such as social and family relationships, [13] [page needed] dreams and nightmares, work–life balance, [14] architecture and urban planning, [15] [page needed] politics and economics, conflict and warfare, [16] [page needed] and ...
Individual psychological assessment (IPA) is a tool used by organizations to make decisions on employment. IPA allows employers to evaluate and maintain potential candidates for hiring, promotion, and development by using a series of job analysis instruments such as position analysis questionnaires (PAQ), occupational analysis inventory (OAI), and functional job analysis (FJA).