Timothy Banks
November 24, 2014
MGT422-101
Job Characteristic Model Exercise The job I hope to obtain after I immediately graduate from Marshall University will be the position of Assistant Manager of a dairy and crop farm. Being an assistant manager at a dairy and crop farm is a tough, but fulfilling career that I wish to pursue. After I performed my research I came to the conclusion of these numbers for the job characteristic model. For skill variety I found that an 8 was a very reasonable number. Task identity I chose to give it a 7 and for task significance I think it deserves a 7 as well. As for autonomy and feedback the numbers I thought sensible were 8 and 9 respectively. Once I did the formula the total score was 528. Through the interview I had with my father, owner and operator of Alta Vista Dairy Farm, I found some sound reasoning as to why I chose those numbers. An 8 for skill variety seemed reasonable because of the many different skills required for the position. As an assistant manager for the dairy and crop farm I would have to care for and milk the cows. Feeding the animals requires the ability and skills to operate different types of equipment. I will also need some veterinary skills to treat the animals or help with other complications. A dairy farm manager needs to have the knowledge and know how to understand the moods of the animals. The skills needed for the crop part of the farm are a complex knowledge of the different crops such as when they need to be planted, fertilized, or harvested. I will also have to have a tremendous knowledge about how the equipment works in order to make sure they function properly. For both the dairy and crop branches of the business I will need management skills of people, financial resources, and material resources. I will also need to have problem solving skills to be able to come up with the quality