Alternatives to Specialization
To counter the problems associated with specializa-
tion, managers have sought other approaches to job design that achieve a better balance
between organizational demands for efficiency and productivity and individual needs for
creativity and autonomy. Five alternative approaches are job rotation, job enlargement,
job enrichment, job characteristics approach, and work teams.
5
Job rotation
involves systematically moving employees from one job to another. A
worker in a warehouse might unload trucks on Monday, carry incoming inventory to
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