Non Financial Motivation: Job Enrichment

• is a management concept that involves redesigning jobs so that they are more challenging to the employee and have less repetitive work.
• This involves adding control, autonomy,authority and responsibility to the job
• Unlike Job enlargement job enrichment is a vertical redesigning of the job
• It is also known as job enhancement and vertical expansion
• It increases job satisfaction
• It encourages employees to be fully creative and to realise self-actualisation
• It might also involve the introduction of tools and technology for example:
• A computer instead of using a calculator, pen and paper to record sales
• Or a lawn mower instead of a slasher
• This removes the menial tasks and automates the physical parts of the job for example
• This allows the employee to concentrate on the interesting aspects of their job instead.

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