Q. Organizational factors of job design?
Characteristics of the task: job design requires the assembly of a number of tasks into a job or a group of jobs. An individual may carry out one main task which consists of a number of interrelated elements or functions. On the other hand, task functions may be split between a team working closely together or strung along as assembly line. The internal structure of the each task consists of three elements:
a. Planning (decides the course of action, timing and the resources required)
b. Executing (carrying out the plan)
c. Controlling (monitoring performance and taking corrective action when required)
The workers (or workers of group) having been given objectives in the terms of output, quality and cost targets, decide on how the work is to be done, assembles the resources, performs the works, and monitors output, quality and cost standards. Responsibility in a job is measured by the amount of authority somewhere has to put to do all these things. The ideal job design is to integrate all the three elements.