Job Design
(Originally published on the OUBS Blog)
The early example of job design is scientific management. In the 1960s and 70s reformers wanted to redesign work around more human principles and a number of programmes emerges focussed on the ‘quality of working life’.
Job design means that your job consists of several quantifiable characteristics which , added together, represent what you do on a day-to-day basis.
You should review jobs periodically and proactive to see how they develop.
A job is made up of several parts.
Core Job dimensions