NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

HRM 303 Human Resource Management
Dr. Naomi Rotter
Session 20: Motivational Strategies: Job Design

Objectives:

1. To understand the relationship between strategy and job design
2. To discuss environmental , organizational, and behavioral factors in job design
3. To describe individual and group approaches to job design
4. To understanding re-engineering and when to use it.

I. Organizational strategy and job design

II. Factors influencing job design

A. Environmental factors

1. Regulatory issues

2. Social issues

    B. Organizational factors

1. Automation

2. Technology

3. Cross -functional integration

    C. Behavioral Factors

1. Skill mix and level of employees

2. Human vs technological needs

III. Individual approaches to job design

    A. Socio-technical model

    B. Job enrichment & enlargement

    C. Job characteristics model

1. Critical psychological states

2. Core job characteristics

3. Personal & work outcomes

4. Growth needs

5. Implementing concepts

IV. Group approaches to job design

A. Autonomous work groups

B. Managing work groups

V. Re-engineering