JOB DESIGN

JOB DEFINITION

• A job is a pattern of duties, responsibilities, activities, and tasks

performed against a pay.
JOB DESIGN DEFINITION

• Job design is a core function of human resource management and is

related to the specification of contents, methods, and relationship of
jobs in order to satisfy organizational requirements and personal needs
of the jobholder.
APPROACHES TO JOB DESIGN

Mechanisti
Organic
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Efficient Job Satisfactory Job

APPROACHES TO JOB DESIGN

1. Mechanistic Approach
• Increase in productivity of labor:
1. Increased specialization and division of labor
2. Separation of conception and execution
• $5 day wage

• Limitations:
1. The 1st criticism related to the issue of production flexibility. Workers trained to perform one specialized task were
unable to move around between tasks as the work flow necessitated.
2. The 2nd criticism related to all production planning and improvements to production processes became the responsibility
of management, with there being no scope for the input from the shop-floor.
3. The 3rd problem was that jobs became simple, boring and repetitive, and workers became dehumanized . This was reflected in
high levels of absenteeism and labor turnover.
APPROACHES TO JOB DESIGN

2. Organic Approach
• Job satisfaction VS Satisfactory job

• Job Satisfaction – Job Description Index (JDI)

• Pay
• Supervisor
• Colleagues
• Promotion
• Job itself
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2. ORGANIC APPROACH

Job Characteristics Model Methods of Having a Satisfactory Job

• Job Significance • Job Rotation
• Task Identity • Job Enlargement
• Skills Variety • Job Enrichment
• Autonomy • Autonomous Work Groups
• Feedback
• Job Sharing

• Flex Schedules

• Telecommuting