Essays on job redesign

This work "Job Redesign and Workplace Motivation" describes the type of goal setting system, performance evaluation. The author takes into account the main purpose of teamwork in order to reach success. From this paper, it is clear about the type of reward system that is more effective in today's younger generation. ... In line with my profession, I have a total of eight (8) staff working under my supervision. As a health educator who is specializing in childbirth education and car seat safety,...

"Job Redesign: The Food Service Supervisor" paper focuses on this position which has a central role in food providing organization as it is responsible for the maintenance of all the major tasks related to the organization. The author describes the major tasks are expected from the supervisor.... Feedback is highly supportive with respect to improving one's abilities and eliminating the flaws and faults. Undue feedback may put the capabilities of the supervisor at stake, though such feedback should...

The paper "Job Redesign and Workplace Rewards Assessment" states that goal setting is a very common motivational approach and scholars posit that it is linked to profit and performance. Setting up goals serves as an advantage to any organisation but it is a difficult task to accomplish.... Determining personal values and the desired conditions, then the organisation assesses the current conditions, and then embarks on setting up goals which are participative goals, assigned goals and do your best...

Job Redesign and Organizational Performance 1. Introduction Prakashan (2009: 4.33) defines Job Redesign as “a process of deciding the contents of a job in terms of techniques, systems, procedures, etc. and fixing the responsibilities which exist between the job-holder and his sub-ordinates, colleagues and supervisors.” Job redesigning is a process of restructuring different elements of a job so as to make it more pleasing and satisfying for the employee (Huczynski & Buchanan 2010).... These elements...

What are the potential pitfalls in Job Redesign?... Therefore, the potential pitfalls of Job Redesign include inability to carefully identify the requirements and interconnectedness of the elements of the work (Shortell & Kaluzny, 1997).... According to Hackman and Oldman's job characteristics model, the conditions that meet a job with a high motivating potential to lead to high job-holder motivation are conformity to five key characteristics: skills variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy and....

Though very few achievements have been acquired in the process of researching for effects of Job Redesign, major steps are being taken to break the existing theoretical and empirical ground to accommodate Job Redesign research.... he process of Job Redesign requires effective management and leadership.... The increase of people willing to work has helped in Job Redesign as more people are willing to work and are adaptive to the many changes occurring in the business environment....

This paper ''Considering Vertical Aspects of job Design'' tells us that job design refers to the capabilities to determine the content of a job.... This refers to the capabilities to fix responsibilities of a job, in addition to the ways of doing the job.... job design also decides the relationship between the holder of the job.... When designing the job, the decider must balance the requirements and needs of the manager and the organization....

Job Redesign and Workplace Rewards Assessment Job Redesign and Workplace Rewards Assessment Part One Introduction The modern business environment considers motivation as a vital component of overall organizational success since in influences employee successfulness.... Part Two Job Redesign encompasses all work modifications aimed at increasing productivity and quality of work.... Potential Job Redesign approaches for this position include job enrichment and job enlargement....

One such study on the effect of Job Redesign found a median impact of 6.... Job Redesign was also credited for the reduction in turnover and absenteeism as well as an increase in job satisfaction, organizational commitment, productivity and work quality (Ventrice 156).... Perry and Mesch in their review of motivational techniques found that Job Redesign influenced attitudes towards work more than behavioral outcomes (Perry and Mesch 511).... Perry and Mesch are in agreement with the assertion that successful Job Redesign requires a rigorous process where implementers identify the nature of the problem and assess the efficacy of manipulating job characteristics (Perry and Mesch para15)....

Previously, I thought Job Redesign was a top-down strategy in which executives modified employees' tasks in order to improve their motivation and effectiveness (London, Mone & Scott, 2004).... Regardless of the inclusive approach to Job Redesign, I learned that organizations have a propensity to force unfavorable tasks upon some employees, either because they are the most qualified or because other employees are avoiding them. ... Based on my experience in the university's human resource management, a basic demerit of Job Redesign is the rise in the workload of some employees, especially the most capable ones....

Job Redesign efforts in healthcare always fail.... hy Job Redesign Efforts Fail ... esides that, Job Redesign faces resistance from workers due to the interruptions that it causes.... Job Redesign involves moving employee from one department to another, an action that may not be very welcome by workers.... ob redesign is driven by desires to reduce labour shortages, reduce medical errors and as a strategy to reduce costs in an organization....

This paper ''job Analysis Process'' tells us that job analysis is an important process for developing a well-defined job description for any position as it assists an organization in ensuring that the right person is hired for the specific job; it is a snapshot of the qualifications required in a candidate to fill the position.... When the job analysis is conducted for any job, the foremost thing that needs to be done is the identification of the main objective of this process such as review of the job market, up-gradation of the job description, or developing a new job description....

Long term strategies involve process strategies such as quality circles, surveys and career training and structural strategies such as firm restructuring, management by objectives and Job Redesign.... Once an organization identifies the need for change, the organization should assess the current firm situation by engaging the....

In the paper "Job Redesigning" the process of carrying out Job Redesign is explained while also providing and evaluating processes and performance expectations that must be considered once the design is completed. In addition, the paper focuses on steps and structures.... Intra and inter-organizational communications are vital for enhancing performance and productivity whilst also providing vista for generative learning. The newly formed organization should provide a flexible and social environment...

The phenomenon of contemporary technology known as Technostress should be minimized in any Job Redesign effort.... job characteristics model is frame work that understands the core dimensions with imperative psychological states within a person.... This element can be measured by the use of job Diagnostic surveys.... job enrichment is known as the MANAGEMENT Discussion questions What should managers learn from the traditional approaches to the design of work used in the United States?...

he proposed solution to this motivational problem are as follows: Job Redesign through (1) a review of the staffing requirements based on the number of patients that are regularly confined in the health care setting; (2) determining the most appropriate nurse-patient ratio; (3) hire new or temporary nurses as deemed needed to addressing understaffing concerns, either on a short-term or long-term basis.... Likewise, the understaffing and being overworked could result to errors (medication errors, documentation errors, and even errors in the effective deliver y of patient care); as well as low morale, low productivity, job dissatisfaction, and high turnover....

Another stress management program that can be implemented is related to Job Redesign.... Stress in the workplace can be managed through improved personnel selection and job placement.... Therefore, it is imperative for the management to ensure that a person has experience or is capable of coping with the demands of the job before he is appointed to a certain position in the organization.... In some cases, a person may have experience but incapable of coping with the demands of the job....

Job Redesign and Workplace Reward Introduction Organizations often face the challenge of attracting high-quality workers and retaining them.... Job Redesign: Critical perspectives on the labour process.... ob redesign Approaches ... Better job re-designed coupled with an efficient and well-designed reward system is critical in determining the success of the organization. ... Currently, the job position of nursing is an hourly job whereby the personnel works for a particular number of hours from which their pay will be determined (Knights, Willmott and Collinson, 2005)....

It also explains how these responses are shaped by Job Redesign, empowerment, and trust.... According to the theory, Job Redesign and empowerment affect minor evaluation and encourage constructive reactions because they improve employees' appraisals of their ability to successfully deal with the issues that restructuring bring about.... If this theory is accurate, Job Redesign and empowerment would be associated with emotional labour or organisational loyalty, described as the intent of the employee to stay with the organisation and strive towards the realisation of its objective (Liao et al....

WORKFORCE DESIGN Submitted By Introduction 3 Workforce/job design Approaches 4 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction The alarming rate of unemployment in the wake of current economic downturn has forced us to revisit our workforce design.... WORKFORCE DESIGN Submitted By Introduction 3 Workforce/job design Approaches 4 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction The alarming rate of unemployment in the wake of current economic downturn has forced us to revisit our workforce design....

y using basic human resource tools such as organizational redesign, Job Redesign process redesign, and competency model development, businesses can effectively align their support and selling processes to the changing business realities.... The human resource department is mandated to advertise job postings, screen applicants, carry out preliminary interviews and organize hiring efforts together with managers responsible for making the final judgment on selection....

The clinical psychology and its application came in handy in this job description as it states that there should be an existing form of understanding and relationship between my clients and myself.... From my understanding, so many countries have had regulations on the mental health profession and therefore the job has to be taken care if one has to achieve personal or institutional objectives....

The Job Characteristics Model of Hackman and Oldham in 1980 is one of the essential models of Job Redesign as a way of motivating job performance and increasing job satisfaction (Boonzaier, n.... According to the model discussed in the paper "The job Characteristics Model of Hackman and Oldham", an individual will be motivated to work if the five core job characteristics are enhanced.... The model is based primarily on the idea that the job itself is key to motivating an employee....

A five component validation model for functional job analysis as used in Job Redesign.... The job description is an important instrument used by the organizations to provide insight about the requirements of a particular job (Yoon & Kim, 2009).... From an analysis of the advertisement, the three elements of the job which are parts of the job description are: ... For HR assistants, it is important to learn the art of job Analysis AFFILIATION: HR Assistant job Advertisement HR Assistant”, Question No List at least three elements of the job which provide areas within the job description....

This has led to the need for Job Redesign in organisations.... Hackman's and Oldham's job Characteristics Model has a sound structure that gives it numerous applications in today's organisations.... The first is the fact that it is based on a number of basic assumptions that employee motivation, satisfaction, and work performance depend on the three named psychological states, which are on the other hand determined by the fundamental job dimensions....

Change is the managing process of moving from one state to a preferred state which groups, organisations and individuals undertake in retort to dynamic external and internal elements that impact.... ... ... In 1956, Fortune magazine published its first list of “U.... .... .... s top 500 companies”....

HRM focuses on the relationship between people and coordination between design, planning processes, creativity on Job Redesign and rich content.... However, these two concepts are totally different.... Personnel management is the first step of HRM.... It is also known as generalized human resource....

In this approach, it is necessary to implement diagnosis and needs analysis; organization and group-focused techniques such as survey feedback, management by objectives, product and service quality program, team building, and processed consultation; individual-focused techniques such as skills training, leadership training and development, executive coaching, role negotiation, Job Redesign, health promotion programs, and career planning....

The paper "Impact of Employee Participation in Decision Making on job Satisfaction in the Maldives Public Enterprises" highlights that employee participation in decision making can be beneficial to workers' mental health and job satisfaction(Spector, 1986; Miller and Monge, 1986; Fisher, 1989).... Even though researches have shown a positive relationship between employee participation and job satisfaction, the studies have not been widely addressed to public service organizations....

otton (1993) and Blake and Mount (1981) compiled various forms of employee participation as Quality Circles, Gain sharing, Job Redesign and employee ownership.... Job Redesign refers to the process of determining what tasks and work processes will comprise a given job or given group of interrelated jobs.... Participative Management, Employee motivation and job Design ... The effectiveness of participative management in decision making is supposed to enhance employee motivation and thereby increase job satisfaction, productivity and organizational performance....

A common approach in Job Redesign is the motivational approach, which emphasizes on ‘employees' autonomy and participation in all critical organizational decisions' (Jex and Britt 2008, p.... The paper "Implementation of Effective job Design within the Organisation" states that in practice, the attempts for improving job design are led to failure either because of lack of skills of the manager involved or because of lack of resources to support the relevant plans....

By such expectation, the organization aims at a job enrichment, thereby increasing the productivity with decreased turnover and absenteeism and improving the morale of the employees.... Therefore, lack of such innovation would result in lack of job security for an employee.... On the surface, job enrichment as a response to motivating factors is an attractive idea, but it apparently has not worked as well as anticipated.... The major difficulty of job enrichment is it is usually imposed on people....

ther HRM practices that can significantly motivate ageing workers include workplace ergonomics and Job Redesign (Kooij et al.... Some of these spheres include training, coaching, mentoring, service-related job roles (Kanfer & Ackerman, 2004); however, such provisions might come under the purview of discrimination against specific workgroup ...

On the basis of the above results, where Job Redesign is concerned, it appears that in view of the sharp differences between the group aware of the motivation test and the group not aware of it, motivation may need to be enhanced.... “Work redesign”, Addison-Wesley.... This report compares and contrasts the application of two such instruments: Maslow's needs hierarchy, which assesses general motivation on four important dimensions and the job Diagnostic Survey, which measures employee satisfaction in specific relation to their job design....

Job Redesign needs revision of job analysis, so without doing job analysis organizational development is not possible.... This dissertation "job Analysis Practices at Decon Engineering and Its Significance for Organizational Development" discusses job analysis that provides organizations with a common set of definitions and expectations that serve as the foundation across all human resource initiatives.... The questionnaire will be designed by keeping in view the definition of job Analysis and Organizational Development....

The implications of this model of stress for first responder Job Redesign is that responsibilities are supposed to be organized in such a way that they have less demands, allow more control and responders should be encouraged to develop wide social support networks (Bakker et.... The paper "Models of Stress Theory and Their Application to First Responder" justify the importance of models of stress as they conceptualize all the aforementioned factors and provide suggestions of how to redesign work in order to avoid the undesirable impacts of stress....

The effect of electronic health records in the correctional facility will affect personal and professional roles as it will necessitate Job Redesign for the workflow to be effective.... The paper "The Issue Log Monitoring and Surveys" suggests that monitoring entails intermittent series of observations in time, which are executed to establish the degree of compliance with a formulated standard or extent of deviation from an expected norm....

The effect of Job Redesign on job satisfaction, resilience, commitment and flexibility: The case of an Egyptian public sector bank.... This research paper "Sales Staffs job Satisfaction: BJC HealthCare Company by Sudthanom " represents a case study analysis of job satisfaction.... The discussion relates to the study's inclusion of motivator and hygiene factors in relation to Herzberg's theory of job satisfaction in BJC Health Care Company....

On the other hand work design power sharing exercises include Job Redesign and enrichment, mini business units, involvement with decision making boards, self managing work groups in order to implement and apply the knowledge and information effectively.... Moreover, the staffs and employees in the particular organization will be motivated enough to do their job effectively.... Moreover, the staffs and employee in the particular organization will be motivated enough to do their job effectively....

Job Redesign and Workplace Rewards Introduction Every organization faces a variety of challenges based on how the best employees can be retained through proper motivational procedures.... However, the company needs to redesign the job and assess the different reward systems in the company to ensure that the company improves in terms of productivity and quality enhancement.... These jobs are well defined and specific to the technicians to the extent that there are no discrepancies in the job....

arasek, R 1979, Job demands, job decision latitude, and mental strain: Implications for Job Redesign.... The relation of this tool based on the job demand control model will assist in resolving the issue.... According to these authors, the success of an organization needs to be focused on the characteristics of the job as well as the wellbeing of the employees.... Karasek and Theorell (1990) coined the job demand control support (JDCS) model that relates the characteristics of the job to wellbeing....

The workforce evaluation, which aimed to identify service providers who possess this qualification, is the first step in the process of Job Redesign.... From this work, it is clear about a redesign of the healthcare facility's service system.... The redesign of the patient care delivery should be considered as another aspect of continuum learning.... Peter Senge's five disciplines are instrumental in providing the workforce community the relevant and compact details needed to participate accordingly to this patient care delivery redesign: system thinking, personal mastery, mental models, building shared vision, and team learning....

The workforce evaluation, which aimed to identify service providers who possess this qualification, is the first step in the process of Job Redesign.... The paper "The Universal Worker: Redesigning the Patient Care Delivery" discusses that the inefficiency of the existing patient care delivery and the number of the remaining workforce had resulted to substantial redesign of the healthcare facility's service system.... The redesign of the patient care delivery should be considered as another aspect of continuum learning....

On the other hand, Job Redesign is a process where the supervisor, in this case Fatima (mid-level manager), has decided to change some things in the job, roles and or tasks of individuals in the organization.... The paper "Turn the job You Have into the job You Want" is a good example of a management essay.... Organizations have seen the importance of job design because it is of practical significance.... Hence, a job that is well-designed increases the well-being of its employees, which also sets the stage for thriving....

Job Demands, Job Decision Latitude, and Mental Strain: Implications for Job Redesign.... The paper "Stress in the Workplace" highlights that Nick has been involved in a high-stress job which also requires a high control of the job and high psychological demands.... tress in the workplace can be defined as emotional and physical responses which are harmful and usually occur when the requirements of the job are not matching the worker's resources, capabilities and needs....

The effect of Job Redesign on job satisfaction, resilience, commitment and flexibility: The case of an Egyptian public sector bank.... The paper concerns the analysis of job satisfaction.... The discussion relates to the study's inclusion of motivator and hygiene factors in relation to the Herzberg theory of job satisfaction.... These factors will then be related to Maslow's hierarchical need theory with respect to employee job....

(2006), argues that these forms one of the key causes of stress in the job with Job Redesign being the primary method of prevention.... Work related stress Work related stress As pointed out by the health and safety executive (HSE), stress is defined as an adverse reaction resulting from excessive pressure or any job related demands that have been placed on them.... Therefore, work stress is a spontaneous physiological reaction that occurs in the event there is a mismatch between resources and capabilities of a worker to meet specific job demands....

Job demand, job decision latitude, and mental strain: Implications for Job Redesign.... This essay explores whether high job control help employees deal with high work demands or is it in fact detrimental.... job control refers to the decision making authority given to an employee to perform a job and the skills that he is allowed to utilize.... Ability of high job control to protect employees from adverse impacts of high work demands ...

The concept of knowing refers to employees' capability to advance, combine, and exchange their thoughts and expertise through job related practice.... Electrocom Limited is faced by the market pressure and a need to allow for organizational learning and development instead of employees learning and development....

Moreoften, the triggers for change include mergers and acquisition, changes in top management, changes in administration, Job Redesign due to new technology, cost savings, changes in marketing strategy, staff redundancies, new product/service introduction, new clients or customers etc (Senior, 1997).... Employees hired for the job are provided with necessary on-the-job or skill training to perform the job in a particular style....