After reading this article you will learn about designing jobs in an organisation. Job Designing: After employees have been hired, they go to work and start performing a job that the organisation has designed for them. Today's employees have more say in how work is done than ever before and plays a large role in defining it. Job-design is the [...]
This article throws light upon the three main alternatives to traditional work schedules. The alternatives are: 1. The Compressed Work Week 2. Flexible Work Schedules 3. Job Sharing. Alternative # 1. The Compressed Work Week: The compressed work week is a work schedule in which the employee works 40 hours in fewer than five days. The typical arrangement is for [...]
This article throws light upon the four main alternatives to work specialisation. The alternatives are: 1. Job Rotation 2. Job Enlargement 3. Job Enrichment 4. Job Design. Alternative # 1. Job Rotation: It involves systematically moving employees from one job to another. Fig. 11.5 shows a typical job rotation arrangement. The jobs themselves do not change; rather the worker moves [...]