Entrepreneurs Brief Guide

“How to Improve Job Satisfaction”

Dr Jim Porter

Job enrichment expands the tasks that someone has to perform. It adds interesting work to the employees’ daily routine, thereby making their work an enjoyable experience. It allows people to exercise more control over their work.

In 30 minutes, learn how to:

Design jobs that are motivating

Enrich job options

Implement a job enrichment program

Take ownership and become happy at work.

Energise your people.

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How to Improve Job Satisfaction

Dr Jim Porter

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After graduating we all look for interesting and challenging jobs. We have a fresh mindset and look forward to doing something which will help improve people’s lives. But we soon discover that most jobs are boring and seem to carry the same feeling of monotony with them.

So, how do you make the experience more satisfying for your employees? Reduction of recruitment costs, an increase in experienced staff and motivating them to perform at a high level can work wonders for your organization.

Job enrichment is considered as an important factor for good job design and was promoted by the psychologist Frederick Herzberg in 1968. Job enrichment is the process of enhancing individual jobs to make the responsibilities inspiring, enticing and rewarding for the people who are to complete them.

Job enrichment expands the tasks that someone has to perform. It adds interesting work to the employees’ daily routine, thereby making their work an enjoyable experience. It allows people to exercise more control over their work.

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