What is Job Design?
“Job design
is the process of deciding on the contents of a job in terms of its duties and
responsibilities, on the methods to be used in carrying out the job, in term of
techniques, systems, and procedures, and on the relationships that should exist
between the jobholder and his superiors, subordinates, and colleagues”
Elements of Work Design
Job design
refers to how specific work-related tasks are arranged to achieve optimal
levels of efficiency and individual accomplishment. Good job design considers
the company's performance needs along with individual employee skills, needs,
and motivation. The different elements that fall under consideration include
the tasks that need to be performed, job enlargement, job rotation, and job
enrichment.
Theoretical Models of Job Design
Organizations
may employ various theoretical approaches for job design. These include
Taylorism, Socio-Technical Systems Approach, Core Characteristics Model, and
Psychological Empowerment Theory. Each approach emphasizes different aspects to
be considered in effective job design.
Main job categories in Spice Processing Industry.(These are mainly common and can be varied from company to company).
1. Production Staff
Factory Manager
Production Manager
Planning Executive
Production Executive
Production Supervisor
Machine Operator
Machine Helper
General Helpers
Cleaning Staff
2. Engineering Staff
Engineer
Asset Engineer
Supervisor
Technicians
3. Quality Staff
Quality Manager
Quality Executive
Quality Supervisor
4. Stores Staff
Stores Manager
Stores executive
Stores Supervisor
Helpers
Drivers
5. Accounts Staff
Chiff Accountant
Accountant
Asset Managers
Accounts Executives
Account assistant
6. Sales Staff
Sales Manager
Area Sales Managers
Sales Supervisor
Sales representative
For example, I mention here, one of the Spices grinding machine operator job descriptions as a sample.
Duties of Spice Grinding Operators
Spice Grinding Operators typically do the
following:
- Set up, check,
start, or load Spice processing equipment
- Check,
weight, and mix ingredients according to recipes
- Set and
control mention requirements, flow rates, and pressures of machinery
- Monitor
and adjust ingredient mixes during production processes
- Observe
and regulate equipment gauges and controls
- Record
batch production data
- Clean
workspaces and equipment in accordance with health and safety standards
- Check
final products to ensure quality
Spice processing workers often have different duties
depending on the type of machinery they use or goods they process.
References
U.S. Department of Labor,( 2021) Food and Tobacco
Processing Workers,
Duties of Food and Tobacco Processing Workers [online]. Available at
https://collegegrad.com/careers/food-and-tobacco-processing-workers [Accessed on 22nd May 2021]
Helen Akers, (2017) Elements of
Job Design [online]. Available at https://bizfluent.com/info-8229914-elements-job-design.html [Accessed
on 22nd May 2021]
James Taylor(No Date) Work Design and HR Strategies [online]. Available at https://www.essaytyping.com/work-design-hr-strategies/
[Accessed on 22nd May 2021]
14 comments:
I think in early days the recruitment is an area that poses some major challenges to the food industry,But now a days job opportunities like Food Scientists, Food Technologists, Engineers, Quality Assurance,Production Management Process Engineers, Line Operators are all in-demand and will definitely provide graduates with employment opportunities.
Yes, I agreed with You, There are a lot of opportunities in the Industry. But a lot of are need pieces of training and skill about the industry.
Work design is an important factor in each organization. When we talk about the it in the spice producing industry it is very important to explain the job role to each employees once they get in onboard. Job role doing a major role in an organization. Work design is the way which we can identify performance of each employees. According to Mslow's Motivation Theory individual appreciation is helping to motivate employees. If we are expecting higher productivity we need to satisfy employees. So for that we have to make great work place
Yes, I agreed with You, Jayamuthu
With a proper job design strategy, employees motivate to work hard & but it becomes enjoyable. As I think this is very good method to satisfy your workforce.
The JDS consists of seven scales measuring variety, autonomy, task identity, significance, job feedback, feedback from others, and dealing with others. Prior to the development of viable alternatives, the JDS was the most commonly used job design measure.
This is a most important and largest foreigin revenue genartion business of sri lanka qt the moment.earlier skill and qualified workers ver hard to find.but now with the techonology this industry improve a lot and value additions are very compettive.
I Agree With you Lahiru.
Anjula I agreed with you. The JDS contain the informative document which the scope, tasks, duties, responsibilities along with the working conditions linked with the the working conditions.
Prasitha I agree with you, we should go through the technology to minimize challenges.
To meet the increasing demand for functional food and changing consumer habits, the food processing industry is shifting from flow manufacturing to batch manufacturing. As a consequence, job-shop (JS) systems are progressively developing to replace traditional food-processing systems. Such systems are characterized by high complexity in their design and management due to the high number of entities involved (i.e., products, components and parts, resources or workshops, operators, handling tools), the technological and operational constraints (i.e., working cycle, shop throughput, set-up tasks), and the layout issues (i.e., flow lines, congestions, bottlenecks). Accordingly, HR department should develop proper job designs align with business requirements in order to gain a competitive advantage within the industry.
I agree with you Savindi. In this industry, HRM should be used modern strategies to maintain employees.
As you mentioned to your sector as a sector with a continuous market, the work sector is a very important factor. The employee can get a productive service by allocating his part of the duty. At the same time, having the relevant employees in each sector increases the corporate productivity
Kavishika Thanks for commenting. To maintain proper productivity company need its full capacity of employees. otherwise getting performance is difficult.
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