(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