14-1 de-jobbing replacing fixed jobs with tasks performed by evolving teamsreplacing fixed jobs with...
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14-1
De-Jobbing
• Replacing fixed jobs with tasks performed by evolving teams– Hierarchy not maintained
Why Managers Are Dejobbing Their Companies
• Dejobbing– Broadening the
responsibilities of the company’s jobs
– Encouraging employee initiative.
• Internal factors leading to dejobbing
• External factors leading to dejobbing.
Factors responsible
Internal– Flatter organizations– Work teams– Agile and responsive
organizations– Re-engineering
External– Rapid product and
technological change– Global competition– Deregulation,– Political instability, – Demographic
changes– Rise of a service
economy.
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Traits of De-jobbed Workers
• They make operating decisions that used to be reserved for managers
• They have the information they need to make such decisions
• They have training so that they understand the business and financial issues that used to concern owners and executives
• They have a stake in the fruits of their labor, share of profits
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