Identify three separate jobs. These can be current jobs, jobs you have had in the past, and/or jobs that you are familiar with. Use the Job Diagnostic Survey (Table 6.1) to assess each job ’s motivating potential. Formulate a plan to redesign the jobs that will increase their motivating potential. While working, think about the following issues:

1. How will redesigning your jobs impact other jobs within the organization?

2. What Human Resource (HR) functions (recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, compensation, etc.) will be impacted by the redesigned jobs? What can you do to realign HR functions with your new jobs?

3. Are some jobs easier to redesign than others? What factors make a job easy or hard to redesign?

4. Is it easier to increase some core JCM characteristics than others? What core JCM characteristics are easy or hard to adjust?

5. What are the costs associated with your job redesign plans? Given these costs, do you think an organization would benefit from implementing your changes?

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Table 6.1 Measurement of intrinsic job characteristics: the Job Diagnostic Survey 1. How much autonomy is there in your job? That is, to what extent does your job permit you to decide on your own how to go about doing the work? 1-➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖--2----- --3- -6-➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖-7 Very little; the job gives me Moderate autonomy: many Very much; the job gives almost no personal "say" things are standardized and me almost complete about how and when the work is done. not under my control, but I can make some decisions about work. responsibility for deciding how and when the work is done. -5--------- 2. To what extent does your job involve doing a "whole" and identifiable piece of work? That is, is the job a complete piece of work that has an obvious beginning and end? Or is it only a small part of the overall piece of work, which is finished by other people or by automatic machines? My job is only a tiny part of the overall piece of work; the results of my activities can- not be seen in the final prod- uct or service. My job is a moderate-sized "chunk" of the overall piece of work; my own contribu- tions can be seen in the final outcome. --7 My job involves doing the whole piece of work, from start to finish; the results of my activities are easily seen in the final product or service. 3. How much variety is there in your job? That is, to what extent does the job require you to do many different things at work, using a variety of your skills and talents? 1------------- ----3-- ‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒5➖➖➖-6-------7