Task 1 1.Suppose you were assigned to write the job descriptions for a shirt factory in British Columbia employing mostly Filipino immigrants who speak little English. What methods would you use to collect job analysis data? 2. You work in the human resource department of a large brewery in Atlantic Canada. You are in the process of writing job descriptions for all managerial and supervisory staff. One manager who is in the production division of the brewery refuses to complete a job analysis questionnaire. a. What reasons would you use to persuade that individual to complete the questionnaire? b. If, after your best efforts at persuasion failed, you still wanted job analysis information on the manager's job, how would you get it? 3. Suppose that you have been assigned to design the job of ticket clerk for a regional airline in Ontario. How would you handle the following trade-offs? a. Would you recommend highly specialized job designs to minimize training or very broad job designs with all clerks cross-trained to handle multiple tasks? Why? I b. Would you change your answer if you knew that employees tended to quit the job of ticket clerk within the first six months? Why or why not? 4. Assume that you are told to evaluate a group of jobs in a boat-building business. After studying each job for a considerable amount of time, you identify the following activities associated with each job. What job redesign techniques would you recommend for these jobs, if any? a. Sailmaker: Cuts and sews materials with very little variety in the type of work from day to day. Job is highly skilled years to learn