Employee Empowerment
Empowerment is the process of giving workers a greater control over their work It can make work more interesting as suits individual needs
Needs training and time to be effective
Job Enlargement
Giving employees more duties of a similar level of difficulty
Employees have more jobs to do at the same level
Workers carry out a range of duties rather than a single duty which helps to increase motivation
Job Enrichment
When employees jobs are redesigned to provide them with more challenging and complex tasks
Increase in the range of tasks an individual does
Workers have more responsibility for their own management
Workers are able to identify and solve any problems that they encounter
Gives workers training to improve skills so can meet increased job demands
Team Working
Where organisations break down production into large units where each unit is responsible for a particular area
Fulfils individuals social needs which helps to increase motivation
Teams can include:
- Production teams
- Quality circle teams
- Management teams
