BU288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Job Enrichment, Highscope, Motivation
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Job design as a motivator: the use of money as motivation is an attempt to capitalize on extrinsic motivation. Traditional views of job design: from industrial revolution until 1960s, the philosophy of non-managerial jobs" design was job simplification. This period had increasing urbanization & growth of a free market economy: with complex machinery & uneducated/untrained workforce, specialization was the key to efficiency. Jobs designed according to principles of scientific management don"t seem intrinsically motivating. Utility workers (filling jobs in assembly lines for absent workers) have many tasks, but little discretion. 2012: assigning employees stretch assignments can increase job-scope. They offer workers challenging opportunities to broaden their skills by working on many tasks with new responsibilities interest. Job rotation: rotating employees to different tasks and jobs in an organization: increases job-scope &develops new skills/expertise that can prepare employees for future roles.
