Human Ressource Management

04 Job and Work Design


Question

What should be considered when designing or redesigning jobs?


Answer
  • Work arrangements:
    • Hours
    • Setting (office vs. home; face-to-face vs. virtual collaboration) -> Personal preferences and situation at home + commute
    • Physical environment (light, air, noise, distractions) -> music in general bad, air quality important, too many or too little light important
    • Breaks
  • Job rotation (different jobs/departments)
  • Job enlargement (more roles and tasks, horizontal enlargements, same level and periphery)
  • Job enrichment (vertical enlargements, less supervisors, more authority, independece and control)
  • Beneficiary contact (interactions with people that gain from their jobs)
  • Social embeddedness (social community at work, work events)
  • Assigning and ordering of different tasks



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