Question

1. What will be some of the potential issues faced by a business looking to implement job rotation after brexit in lower skilled jobs?; such as Mcdonalds, hotels and so on.

2. Using the Job Characteristics model as a framework may identify changes that need to be made which will make the jobs in food retail, cleaning or farming more attractive. How might this be problematic for jobs in these industries?

3. What are some possible ways to improve intrinsic/extrinsic motivations for lower skilled jobs in industries mentioned above?

Answer 1

Ans: (1) Potential issues faced by a business looking to implement job rotation after Brexit in lower-skilled jobs such as Mcdonalds, hotels: Brexit is the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. Because of this withdrawal business are facing job rotation issues especially in lower-skilled jobs in the following ways:

• Lower skilled people might terminate from the jobs.
• there is a productivity problem to the Business, A company can experience a loss of productivity in a different role. Seasoned, productive workers in one job will leave that position that creates gap in an organization.
• Risks of exploitation in low skilled workers can increase as these migrants lack local language, local knowledge, and immigration status.
• It has a significant impact on organizations' strategies for workforce planning.
• costing will be increased while hiring new staff.
• the error can happen by new staff as they got new training and lack of expertise.

Ams(2) Job characteristics model that make the job in food retail, cleaning or farming more attractive: the job characteristics are skill variety, task variety, task significance, autonomy, and feedback. Like in food retail an individual should have several skills that make the job attractive for him like empathy, active listening, patience, adaptability, communication skills. Food retailer are responsible for cooking, serving, packing, displaying and storing food.they always take care of the health and safety of themselves, colleagues, customers , etc.

problems in this industries: There are a number of issues in food retail, cleaning, and farming industry like climate change, depletion of biodiversity, water contamination, land degradation, unsustainable farmlands, artificial intelligence and technology, unemployment, emerging new consumerism, the new marketplace, retaining and engaging employees, etc.

Ans (3) Intrinsic/ extrinsic motivation for lower-skilled jobs:

• Use monetary incentives such as cash, bonus, to encourage employees to work harder.
• respect and trust the staff
• give them opportunities for creativity and fun.
• communicate frequently
• offer public recognition
• Give them tangible rewards
• deliver effective training