Job enlargement

What is Job enlargement?

1. Job enlargement definition of Wikipedia

Job enlargement means increasing the scope of a job through extending the range of its job duties and responsibilities.

A typical approach might be to replace assembly lines with modular work; instead of an employee repeating the same step on each product, they perform several tasks on a single item. In order for employees to be provided with Job Enlargement they will need to be retrained in new fields which can prove to be a lengthy process

2. Job enlargement definition of workriteergo.com

Adding duties to a worker’s job to reduce exposure to specific stresses of repetitive or physically strenuous jobs.

3. Job enlargement definition of about.com

Job Enlargement is the horizontal expansion of a job. It involves the addition of tasks at the same level of skill and responsibility. It is done to keep workers from getting bored. It is different than job enrichment.

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