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Job Design
You have just returned from a workshop on job design. Many of the ideas concerning this subject were of great interest to you. Some of the notes you made during the workshop follow:
Definition: Job design is the arrangement of the content, functions, and relationships of jobs in a manner that accomplishes organizational purposes and at the same time satisfies the needs of employees.
Studies have shown that, on average, workers utilize only a portion of their abilities in their jobs. Many HR professionals are seeking more creative methods of capturing the energy and creativity of their workforce.
Your company's personnel have complained about repetition, forced pacing of work, not knowing or understanding an identifiable end product, little social interaction, and the lack of system to suggest improvements in their jobs.
A selection of possible solutions in job design is listed below. Because of the small size of your HR staff, you will be unable to do as much as you would like in job design at the present time. However, you want to begin exploratory studies on one of the techniques for possible implementation in your company.
Which one of the seven items listed here will you begin to work on?
1. Job rotation, enlargement, and enrichment
2. Autonomous work groups
3. Ergonomics studies
4. Use of robotics technology
5. Flexible work schedules
6. Telecommuting
7. Job sharing