ABSTRACT
Job titles are then grouped in organizational units, and the set of organizational units makes up the organizational structure. A job is the set of tasks assigned on a stable basis to a single person, and corresponds to an organizational job title. Job titles are then grouped in organizational units, and the set of organizational units makes up the organizational structure. The job is not mapped out by the job designer, but by the job incumbents, who tackle uncertainty with their professional skills. Assigning jobs to actors, and consequently determining how specific activities are carried out by specific people, is thus a decision process that seeks to bring the organization’s objectives – the work contributions required by the organization – and the individuals’ objectives – the rewards demanded by the actors – into coalignment.
