Question

Recognise the changing nature of the role and use of job descriptions and person specifications when using job design strategy. ( about 1500 words)

Answer 1

JOB DESIGN STRATEGY-

"not just the job itself! but the way the job holders intended to interact with those around them"

JOB DESIGN tells us how the whole organization defines and structure jobs. allocating tasks duties and responsibilities for an individual to undertake in a work. it is crucial that it is not based on individual satisfaction and achievement at the workplace but it is also necessary to get the job done efficiently reliably economically and safely. it has four important parts-

• job content- the actual content of the job on which job should be design to enable people to find their work meaningful.
• job context- these include factors such as ergonomic job design, work setting technology, and flexible working options.
• work relationship - studies have shown that people are more likely to be engaged when they are open, trusting and harmonious work settings.
• line manager- bringing the individual job design to life.

two models of job design-

changing nature of the role and use of job description-

changing nature of the role- it is the impact of job design that nature of the role is changing as every person is not as other one and role changing depends on behavior and efficiency of an employer it involves-

• skill variety
• task identity
• task significance
• autonomy
• feedback

changing nature of job description- approaches should be

1)efficiency- job description effect efficiency

2)empowerment

• job enlargement- in this we can increase workload by adding previously done work by another worker to those employees who are engaged right now. it follows a horizontal approach as the task level is the same.
• Job enrichment- based on the two-factor theory of motivation and entails given workers more tasks to perform and more control over how to perform them.

3)quality- also quality varies as per the job description changes.

changing nature of person specifications- it can be explained by job specialization and also three points consider-

• experienced meaningfulness.
• experienced responsibility
• knowledge of the result

JOB SPECIALIZATION- the job should be divided into small tasks and then standardized to those workers who are doing that job. specialization paved the way for large scale assembly line. on the surface, specialization appears to be a rational and efficient way to structure jobs, and hence maximize productivity. managers initially developed two alternatives for specialization-

• job rotation- systematically shifting workers from one job to another to sustain their motivation and interest