Principles of Job Design

Question

What are the different Principles of Job Design?

Answer 1

Robertson and Smith in 1985 have recommended the following 5 principles of job design:-

a. To encourage independence which include individual’s responsibility for determining their own working systems.

b. To encourage skill variety that comprises opportunities for people to do numerous tasks and syndicate tasks as well.

c. To encourage task identity which means combine tasks and form natural work units.

d. To encourage task significance means inform people of the importance of their work and also create natural work units.

e. To encourage feedback for create respectable relationship and open feedback channels.