Managing Productivity through Job Design and Work Flow



Managing Productivity through Job Design and Work Flow

Introduction

In the competitive environment of today, organizations are interested in finding out what is it that leads to a superior job performance. It has been found that employee performance and job satisfaction are directly related to each other. Employee performance is a function of employee satisfaction. The higher the level of satisfaction felt by an employee for his job, the better will be his performance on job. Hence, the level of employee motivation has an impact on the employee's individual performance as well as the productivity and therefore the bottom line of the whole organization. Therefore, this paper will be focusing on managing productivity of the employees through work flow and job design. The answers of the questions will be provided after reviewing the relevant articles.

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The process of Job Design entails job rotation, job re-engineering as well as job enrichment. It aims at boosting the satisfaction level. Higher satisfaction level will eventually lead to impressive performance level. After reading the article by Wells, S. J. (2007) “Are you too family friendly” it has been revealed that there are also some other factors that contribute to the productivity of the employees such as, flexible scheduling, work benefits and health benefits in terms of single persons and un married couples in united states, because the level of un-married couples is mounting day by day. However, other factors, which can have an impact on the level of job satisfaction is the management style that a supervisor has, the degree of empowerment and the autonomous designation that is allotted. All these shape the job design for an employee. Given the importance of Job ...