PAPER ASSIGNMENT #1

Please read the attached pdf, The Productivity of the Knowledge Worker, by Peter Drucker.Download The Productivity of the Knowledge Worker, by Peter Drucker.

The selection ends with the following assertion by Drucker: Each of these requirementsexcept perhaps the last oneis almost the exact opposite of what is needed to increase the productivity of the manual worker. If one considers that Drucker held the Scientific Management view of job design, this could be true.

But now, consider the Jobs Characteristics Model (JCM) of Hackman and Oldham (see Chapter 8 of Robbins and Judge).

How does JCM differ from the scientific management approach of Frederick Taylor?

If factory jobs were designed according to JCM, what attributes of knowledge work would apply to them?

Would Druckers assertion still be valid?

Are professional degreed individuals the only ones who can be identified as knowledge workers? Why or why not?

Be sure to read the materials (readings and video lectures) carefully before you address this topic.

Your paper should be 4-5 pages long (not including the title page and References).

General Guidelines

Most classes have a 2 paper requirement per course. Please be sure to address the following requirements when completing your papers:

The cover page and reference page/s are not included in the above-stated page requirement. These should be in addition to page requirements.

Papers need to be formatted in proper APA 7th Edition style.

Each paper requires a minimum of at least three outside peer-reviewed sources for your references (unless stated otherwise in the guidance above).

o Acceptable/credible sources include: Academic journals and books, industry journals, and the class textbook. To include additional types of sources, please review the Guidelines for finding and utilizing required references for your paper, shared below.

Using your textbook is highly recommended to demonstrate that you have read the required material and/or are connecting new thoughts to the course text/learnings.

Guidelines for finding and utilizing required references for your paper:

For a formal research paper, you are required to locate, understand, and integrate a certain number of peer reviewed journal articles and/or published books, as these are considered reliable and valid sources of information by academics and industry. The best source of these articles is to search through your CiAM Library (LIRN). However, if you find a website you would really like to share in your paper, you can do so if it is NOT counted as one of your reliable/valid articles/books (i.e., goes above and beyond the required amount of reliable/valid sources), and if it is NOT the basis/foundation of your paper. Otherwise, there is no way to demonstrate that: 1. You have done true research and have given the appropriate level of thought to your paper; and 2. There is no way to validate that the information you have received off of the internet has been fact checked.

Here are some guidelines on how to think about this process:

Using Wikipedia: This internet source is very popular, and although there may be some great articles found there, there is no formal process (at this point) for what is posted to be fact checked. Meaning, what you find there is not always true. However, if you read an interesting article, you can go to their references, check on who they researched, then go to that ORIGINAL work (locate it in our library), and then read through that article and reference that article (not Wikipedia). If you want to cite Wikipedia, you may do so if it follows the guidelines shared above (i.e., is NOT the basis of your paper, and is just a supplemental share going above and beyond the minimum required reliable/valid works). You may also simply visit Wikipedia just to get more general information on a subject before you start your formal research process).

General informational websites and business websites: These follow the same rules as shared above.