Job Design Methods in HRM - Blog 5
Job Design
Methods in HRM
Job designing is one of the functions which is available in
the human resource management and this is referring to the management of the responsibilities
and the actions which the employee needed to take care when undertaking the
employment. Accordingly, it is very important to have better access and
acceleration in the methods in job designing as it is important for the
employees to understand the responsibilities and the duties in the respective
job
Job designing needs to have the clear
description over the physical and mental movements and mentioning of the
respective duties in a clear manner which is ending with the standard process
in undertaking necessary process
Figure 1 - Job design (Source: Al-Musadieq et al, 2018)
The job designing needed to be matched with the attitudes, thoughts,
and behaviors of the employees as well in order to get the maximum outcomes.
There are different methods in the job deigning and these
are;
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Job Rotation
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Job Enlargement
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Job Enrichment
Job
rotation can be recorded and mentioned as the movement of the employees form
one job to another and making the standardization for different tasks
Next method is the job enlargement. This is referring to the increasing of the scope of the job by enlarging the applications and duties in the job applications and this is resulting the increasing of the responsibilities for one employee.
Figure 3 - Features of job enlargement (Source: Gichuki & Munjuri, 2018)
This method has its own advantages and the disadvantages while it needed to be identified the best methods in the enlargement to get the needed applications in a corrective manner
The third method of job designing is the job
enrichment. This is referring to the addition of more dimensions in the current
job application in order to make the employees motivated and satisfied
Figure 4 - Method of job designing (Source: (Magaji et al, 2017)
Creation of the autonomy, increasing skill variety, addition
of the meaning and respect to the job and proving feedbacks can be the actions
which are included in the job enrichment and it is one of the successful methods
in the job designing.
Conclusion
Job designing is one of the most important HR function in
the organizations and it is needed to have better accelerations in the creation
of proper description in job designing to gain the employee satisfaction as
well. There are different methods in the job designing and most famous methods
are the job rotation, job enlargement and job enrichment. Identifications of
the clear methods in the job designing is important to gain maximum outcomes
and it is very important to have the clear understanding on the outcomes as
well.
References
Al-Musadieq, M. et al., 2018. The mediating effect
of work motivation on the influence of job design and organizational culture
against HR performance, s.l.: Journal of Management Development.
Gichuki, M. M. &
Munjuri, M. R., 2018. Influence of job enlargement on employee performance
in the railway industry in Kenya, s.l.: Archives of Business Research, 6(5.
Hochdörffer, J.,
Hedler, M. & Lanza, G., 2018. Staff scheduling in job rotation
environments considering ergonomic aspects and preservation of qualifications, s.l.:
Journal of manufacturing systems, 46, pp.103-114.
Magaji, N., Akpa, V. o.
& Akinlabi, B. H., 2017. Assessment of the effect of job enrichment on
employee commitment in selected private universities in South-West Nigeria, s.l.:
Funai Journal of Accounting, Business and Finance (FUJABF), 1(1), pp.262-271.
Raharjo, K., Nurjannah,
N., Solimun, S. & Fernande, A. A. R., 2018. The influence of
organizational culture and job design on job commitment and human resource
performance, s.l.: Journal of Organizational Change Management.
A well-designed job may encourage positive behaviors and create a strong framework for employee success, making it a key requirement for workplace motivation. Job design involves defining the content, duties, objectives, and relationships required to meet the role's objectives. Here are some tried-and-true methods that managers may use to do it carefully and well.
ReplyDeleteJob design is the allocation of specific work tasks to individuals and groups. Allocating jobs and tasks means specifying the contents, method, and relationships of jobs to satisfy technological and organizational requirements, as well as the personal needs of jobholders.good article. Keep it up
ReplyDeleteJob design is an integral part of HR process and article explains the methods in practice in doing so. Good subject.
ReplyDeleteJob design in HRM can be understood as the process through which the job process is defined, the work of the group is organized, which involves structuring the workplace on the basis of the job analysis. In job design, HR also has to take into consideration the whole organization's goal so that the individual and group goal is aligned in such a way that the organizational goal is achieved.
ReplyDeleteJob design method is important to divide employee job duties and responsibilities. Job description is clear understand for employee to categories there part of duties and accordingly they can improve there work process. It will help to provide employee target and goal to achieve there performance. Thanks for sharing .
ReplyDeleteJob design method is important to divide employee job duties and responsibilities. Job description is clear understand for employee to categories there part of duties and accordingly they can improve there work process. It will help to provide employee target and goal to achieve there performance. Thanks for sharing with us.
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