Saturday, February 8, 2014

Motivation Through Job Design

Job Design: The delineation of task responsibilities as dictated by organizational strategy, technology, and structure
Strategy One: Fitting People to Jobs
—  Realistic job previews: Honest explanations of what a job actually entails
—  Job rotation: Moving people from one specialized job to another
—  Limited exposure: Using an incentive such as contingent time off (CTO) to motivate performance
Strategy Two: Fitting Jobs to People
—  Job enlargement: Combining two or more specialized tasks to increase motivation
—  Job enrichment: Redesigning jobs to increase their motivation potential
Five Core Dimensions of Work
—  Skill variety
—  Task identity
—  Task significance
—  Autonomy
—  Job feedback
How Job Enrichment Works

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