approaches to job design

Graded Activity: Individual Work 1 (25 points)
Instructional Objectives for this activity:
Differentiate among the approaches to job design
Failure to differentiate or integrate or both may result in poorly designed jobs, which may lead to performance problems. In contrast, well-designed jobs improve productivity and enhance employee satisfaction. Four approaches to job design developed during the 20th century include scientific management, job enlargement/job rotation, job enrichment, and the job characteristics theory.

For your assignment this week, describe and compare four traditional approaches to the design of work in America.

Your assignment should be two to three pages in length, written in APA style format. You must reference two or three quality, peer-reviewed journal articles in your paper.

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