Glossary J

Job sharing refers to a work schedule in which two (2) employees share one job by splitting the work hours.

Job specifications is a relatively dated term that refers to the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform a job. "Competencies" is the term that is commonly use

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Job Structure Profile refers to a revised version of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) designed to be used more by the job analyst than by the job incumbent.

Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776-1841) likened ideas to Leibniz's monads by saying that they had energy and a consciousness of their own.

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- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe believed that life is characterized by choices between opposing forces and that much about humans is forever beyond scientific understanding.

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- Johannes Kepler (1571 - 1630) : Johannes Kepler determined the elliptical paths of the planets around the sun by observation and mathematical deduction. Kepler also did pioneer work in optics.

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- Johannes Müller (1801 - 1858) : Johannes Müller expanded the Bell-Magendie law by demonstrating that each sense receptor, when stimulated, releases an energy specific to that particular receptor. This finding is called The Doctrine of specific nerve energies.

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John refers to a slang term that refers to a prostitute ’s client.

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