PSYC 2070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4,5: Job Rotation, Job Enrichment, Job Satisfaction
11 Oct 2018
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Job design: how organizations define and structure jobs. An important method managers use to enhance employee performance. This can have a positive impact on the motivation, performance and job satisfaction of those who perform them. Job specialization: breaking jobs down into small components tasks and standardizing them across all workers doing those jobs. Rational and most effective way to structure jobs. Job rotation: systematically moving workers from 1 job to another in an attempt to minimize monotony and boredom. Each task is broken down to small tasks. When job rotation is introduced, the tasks themselves stay the same. Job enlargement/ horizontal job leading: involving giving workers more tasks to perform. E(cid:454)pa(cid:374)di(cid:374)g a (cid:449)orker"s job to include tasks previously performed by other coworkers. Increased # of tasks in each job reduces monotony and boredom. Job enrichment: entails giving workers more tasks to perform and more control over how to perform them. Based on the 2 factor theory of motivation.
