Mar 03 2009
Structure Job Enrichment for employee’s growth, challenge, opportunities and renewal
Job enrichment means institute change in what your employees do (content) or how they do it (process). Job Enrichment structures ways for employees to find the growth, challenge, opportunities and renewal they seek without leaving their current jobs or employers.
An enriched job:
? Gives employees room to initiate, develop, and implement new ideas
? Promotes establishing and achieving personal and group goals
? Allows employees to see their contributions result into an end product or goal
? Challenges employees to broaden their knowledge and capabilities
? Has a planned future beyond itself
The idea is to help your employees evaluate their jobs and discover ways and ideas for enrichment. These ideas will be different among employees. Be prepared for requests and discussions along these points:
? Greater job autonomy: opportunities for self-direction, responsibility for independence, and discretion in determining work procedures
? Increased two way feedback from clients, coworkers, and managers
? Participation in decision making process about work processes before they are written and enforced
? Opportunities for teamwork with people from other departments within organization
? Increased variety in tasks performed
? More opportunities to make impact to the organization or colleagues’ work
? Relationship with clients to learn about their problems and perspectives
? New challenges, learning and development beyond current levels
