{"id":1268,"date":"2019-09-05T19:01:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T19:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1268"},"modified":"2024-04-24T23:38:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:38:30","slug":"what-is-job-design","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/chapter\/what-is-job-design\/","title":{"raw":"What is Job Design?","rendered":"What is Job Design?"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Discuss the concept of job design<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-1857\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4056\/2019\/09\/22165733\/helloquence-OQMZwNd3ThU-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of a man writing on a pile of papers\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe Business Dictionary defines job design as a \u201cwork arrangement (or rearrangement) aimed at reducing or overcoming job dissatisfaction and employee alienation arising from repetitive and mechanistic tasks.\u201d[footnote]\"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessdictionary.com\/definition\/job-design.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Job design.<\/a>\" Business Dictionary. Accessed September 12, 2019.[\/footnote] The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health &amp; Safety (CCOHS) elaborates on that definition, noting that job design \u201crefers to the way that a set of tasks, or an entire job, is organized\u201d and addresses factors such as:[footnote]\"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccohs.ca\/oshanswers\/hsprograms\/job_design.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSH Answers Fact Sheets<\/a>.\" Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Accessed September 12, 2019.[\/footnote]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What tasks are done.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How the tasks are done.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many tasks are done.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In what order the tasks are done.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe primary purpose of job design is to increase employee motivation, productivity and satisfaction. However, as CCOHS notes, there is also a safety and health component to job design. Specifically, in addition to motivation factors such as job rotation and job enrichment, job design for safety takes into account factors such as task\/machine pacing and work breaks to reduce risk. Net net: CCOHS states that \u201ca well designed job will encourage a variety of 'good' body positions, have reasonable strength requirements, require a reasonable amount of mental activity, and help foster feelings of achievement and self-esteem.\u201d[footnote]Ibid.[\/footnote]\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/e117953e-7f75-487f-b24c-32c2bc03cf44\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Discuss the concept of job design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1857\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4056\/2019\/09\/22165733\/helloquence-OQMZwNd3ThU-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of a man writing on a pile of papers\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Business Dictionary defines job design as a \u201cwork arrangement (or rearrangement) aimed at reducing or overcoming job dissatisfaction and employee alienation arising from repetitive and mechanistic tasks.\u201d<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"&quot;Job design.&quot; Business Dictionary. Accessed September 12, 2019.\" id=\"return-footnote-1268-1\" href=\"#footnote-1268-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health &amp; Safety (CCOHS) elaborates on that definition, noting that job design \u201crefers to the way that a set of tasks, or an entire job, is organized\u201d and addresses factors such as:<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"&quot;OSH Answers Fact Sheets.&quot; Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Accessed September 12, 2019.\" id=\"return-footnote-1268-2\" href=\"#footnote-1268-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What tasks are done.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How the tasks are done.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many tasks are done.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In what order the tasks are done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The primary purpose of job design is to increase employee motivation, productivity and satisfaction. However, as CCOHS notes, there is also a safety and health component to job design. Specifically, in addition to motivation factors such as job rotation and job enrichment, job design for safety takes into account factors such as task\/machine pacing and work breaks to reduce risk. Net net: CCOHS states that \u201ca well designed job will encourage a variety of &#8216;good&#8217; body positions, have reasonable strength requirements, require a reasonable amount of mental activity, and help foster feelings of achievement and self-esteem.\u201d<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Ibid.\" id=\"return-footnote-1268-3\" href=\"#footnote-1268-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_e117953e-7f75-487f-b24c-32c2bc03cf44\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/e117953e-7f75-487f-b24c-32c2bc03cf44?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_e117953e-7f75-487f-b24c-32c2bc03cf44\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1268\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>What is Job Design?. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Nina Burokas. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Specific attribution<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>man writing on paper. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Helloquence. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Unsplash. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/OQMZwNd3ThU\">https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/OQMZwNd3ThU<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cc0\">CC0: No Rights Reserved<\/a><\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Unsplash License<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section><hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-1268-1\">\"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessdictionary.com\/definition\/job-design.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Job design.<\/a>\" Business Dictionary. Accessed September 12, 2019. <a href=\"#return-footnote-1268-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-1268-2\">\"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccohs.ca\/oshanswers\/hsprograms\/job_design.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSH Answers Fact Sheets<\/a>.\" Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Accessed September 12, 2019. <a href=\"#return-footnote-1268-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-1268-3\">Ibid. <a href=\"#return-footnote-1268-3\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 3\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":13,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"What is Job Design?\",\"author\":\"Nina Burokas\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc-attribution\",\"description\":\"man writing on paper\",\"author\":\"Helloquence\",\"organization\":\"Unsplash\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/OQMZwNd3ThU\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc0\",\"license_terms\":\"Unsplash License\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"38c8ae2d-6536-456c-a645-81448d7467a9, 73f9016b-ddcd-47a9-a1df-315ca9257e6f","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1268","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1253,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3335,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1268\/revisions\/3335"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1253"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1268\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}