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Prof. S. P. Pati Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Date: 28.01.13
extensive training (e.g. pilots) Jobs where new hires are recruited regularly (e.g. software programmers) Jobs created to facilitate the entry of women, the disabled personnel, ex-servicemen, minorities, displaced persons etc. (to check violations of rules) Jobs that need to be carried out differently due to emergence of new technologies (receptionist) When new jobs are added When jobs are eliminated and their duties are redistributed to other jobs.
Employee anxieties
Resistance to change Over emphasis on current efforts Management Straitjacket
Job description
It is a description of what the job holder does, how it is done,
under what condition it is done and why it is done.
Should contain:
Job title Code (if any) Department Job Summary Duties Working conditions/hours Report to
Sample JD
Problems with JD
It is not easy to reduce all the essential components of
a job into clear and precise statements
Job Specification
Job specification summarizes the human characteristics
needed for satisfactory job completion.
Job Specification
The Job specification report should have the following:
Education Experience Skill, knowledge and abilities Work orientation factors Age
Job Design
Job Characteristics Model
Skill variety Task identity Task significance Autonomy Feedback
Job Design
Autonomy leads to Work Scheduling Compressed work week: 4 40 (fourty hours work in four days);
gives extended weekends. Flexible timings: 4 core hours (from 10 to 2), the other four being negotiable. Flexitour, Flexiplace, Gliding time, Maxiflex, Variable working hours
Task identity leads to Job enlargement Increases job scope. {e.g. IT workers dissatisfied} Increases appreciation, meaning and satisfaction Horizontal movement of job Task identity leads to Job rotation Reduces strain and stress Employees become self trainable
Job Enrichment
In particular, it is about designing jobs, that include a
greater variety of work content, require a higher level of knowledge and skill, give workers more autonomy and responsibility in terms of planning, directing and controlling their own performance, and provide the opportunity for personal growth and meaningful work experience.
Modalities:
Construct 4-6 membered groups that should not converse Groups should not converse and get different
questionnaires After working out in accordance with the questionnaires, mix the groups, compare and contrast.
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