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
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