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Making the Job Description for the broader contribution of the employee

What is a Job Design?   “Job design specifies the contents of jobs in order to satisfy work requirements and meet the personal needs of the job holder, thus increasing levels of employee engagement” (Armstrong, 2014, p. 74) A job description can best be thought of as a blue print of the position in the organization. It outlines the essential duties and responsibilities that are expected of the employee and the basic purpose of the work the employee is expected to perform. It also defines accountability in an organization, which helps to prevent overlap of duties and assigns task responsibility. If the HR management reflects the Job design in the context of personnel as a “cost” to the business, the organization will fail in the employee’s good motivation towards the organization. Job designs were used to minimize the time and motion and establishing the most efficient methods. So the management of the organization has to bowdlerize the budget to the business in Job des

Is Employees’ Expectations are met in every company?

In an organization, including those of employers and employees, involve expectations and conflicts tends to occur when expectations are not met. So it is mandatory to make sure that both parties have a clear understanding of what both parties expects from each other. While individual employees may not always be vocal about their expectations, several studies have focused in on what employees really want in the modern business world. If the organization want to improve employee engagement and retention, organization need both a deeper understanding of employee expectations, and modern business best practices that fulfill them. What do Employees Expect?   ·        Respectful treatment of all employees at all levels ·        Trust between employees and senior management ·        Overall benefits ·        Overall compensation/pay ·        Job security The above are the top five contributors to job satisfaction that have been identified. What's notable about

What are the “Learning Styles” we can observe?

When we start to learn something new, our first concern is naturally with what we are learning. But have you stopped to consider how you learn? How will you approach your new subject? Do you know how effective that approach will be? Have you considered other methods? What is “Learning”? it is developed by the individual through experience. And it is a relatively permanent change in knowledge, skills, attitude or behaviour that comes through experience. (Henderson, 2017) “Learning can be shown to have occurred when learners know new facts or can use a new skill. It is continuous lifelong process, best achieved through real-life experience” (Lesmes, Geoffrey and Moody, 2001) As you can see in the above figure, according to Kolb’s learning cycle there are 4 stages. Namely; Concrete experience Observations and Reflection Formation of abstract concepts and generalizations Testing implications of concepts in new situations So the learning experience runs in sequenc

Traditional and Modern Recruitment Methods

Traditional and Modern Recruitment Methods Most of us think, the primary work task of a company is the recruitment. The HR managers find it incredibly difficult to look for a new talent in the industry across the country in many different methods of recruitment in order to find the best possible candidates for the organization. In the present we can observe two different types of recruitment processes which follows by the HR management, such as traditional recruitment and modern recruitment. Traditional Recruitment Methods Modern Recruitment Methods Local News Paper Advertisements This has been the tradition in advertising a vacancy. And the simplest form of recruitment. Employment agencies Many organizations do employ through postings at employment agencies, where there are candidates looking for jobs. Internal Hiring Over the years most organizations have recruited through internal hiring program, through which the company often