Job design is a work arrangement or overcoming job dissatisfaction and employee alienation arising from repetitive and mechanistic tasks. Through job design organizations try to raise productivity levels by offering non-monetary rewards such as greater satisfaction from a sense of personal achievement in meeting the increased challenges and responsibility of one’s work. Job enlargement‚ job achievement‚ job rotation‚ and job simplification are the various techniques used in a job design exercises
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Job Satisfaction Abstract The issue of Job Satisfaction‚ Motivation in the workplace and the role of Job Characteristics have been the cause of intensive research for many years now and have given rise to many theories‚ formed on the basis of extended research by psychologists‚ social scientists and HRD managers. The concept of job satisfaction‚ though of considerably recent origin‚ is closely linked to motivation in the workplace and is a causal factor in improved performance in the workplace
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WEVA stands for Walcott Emergency Volunteers Association. Walcott has had a team of volunteers monitoring the sea since 1976 after the sea breached the defences and flooded properties on the sea front including the post office. They were known as Walcott Flood Wardens. Some of them were fishermen so were very familiar with how the weather conditions could cause major problems with the sea. Two of them are still flood wardens today. In 1997‚ the parish council decided that the flood wardens should
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The Book of Job The Book of Job has been praised but also neglected all at the same time. Its literary work is written in a poetry sense with a prose format and considered one of the greatest pieces of literature of all time. The Book of Job is one of first book of five generally called "The Books of Poetry"‚ which contain Job‚ Psalms‚ Proverbs‚ Ecclesiastes‚ and the Song of Solomon. The Book of Job is written in the Old Testament of the Hebrew Bible and the main theme that is seeks out is "Why
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of Job Involvement on the Job Productivity of female school teachers of Pakistan Anum Javed Abstract This research paper is about studying the impact of job involvement on the job productivity of female school teachers. Job involvement is measured through four independent variables i.e. job satisfaction‚ burnout and stress‚ work-family conflicts‚ family obligations which in turn affect the job productivity. . We used seven points likert scale. The aim of this study is to see how far job involvement
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The role of banks in an economy One think one knows what a bank is and what it does. And not without reason: most people have had experience of at least one bank‚ even if it is only through having a salary account or withdrawing cash from an ATM. A bank’s activities in all its divisions can basically be simplified as follows: it transfers money and information‚ and in doing so transforms money‚ maturities and risks. Some of the example of four lines of a bank’s business to examine how it does this
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Some people think job satisfaction is more important than job security. But others believe that people cannot always enjoy their jobs and having a permanent job is more important. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Nowadays，most people have full time jobs and spend most of their adults life time on working. Therefore‚ some people tend to choose a satisfying job than a security one‚ while others convinced that taking a permanent job is more important. This essay will discuss both side
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Reduced Costs Through Job Enlargement: A Case Author(s): Maurice D. Kilbridge Source: The Journal of Business‚ Vol. 33‚ No. 4 (Oct.‚ 1960)‚ pp. 357-362 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2350917 . Accessed: 21/10/2013 07:50 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars
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(HRPD-701) Instructor: Wenlu Feng Lecture 2: Job Analysis and Job Design (Reference reading: Chapter 2 of the text) Job analysis—The procedure for determining the tasks and responsibilities of each a job‚ and the human attributes (in terms of knowledge‚ skills‚ and abilities) required to perform the job. The outcomes of job analysis will be: Job description (what the job entails)‚ Job specifications (what the human requirements are needed for the job). Job analysis is something called the cornerstone
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Tribute To Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011) We all know that the time will come‚ but we didn’t expect it to happen so soon. Today is not an easy day for millions out there who own an Apple product or two‚ certainly also a gloomy day for all folks who work at Apple. Steven Paul Jobs‚ better known as Steve Jobs‚ CEO of Apple‚ has officially left us on today‚ 5th of October‚ 2011. He was one of the key person bringing the true innovation to the world. He showed us how making the difference can change
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