This week’s topics
Evolution and Models of Job Design
- Scientific management and work simplification
- Hackman and Oldham's Job Characteristics Model
- Socio-technical systems approach
- Relational job design
- Mod-01 Lec-15 Job Design, Work and Motivation
- Scientific Management Models
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Critically evaluate the different approaches to job design in an organisation.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically evaluate the different approaches to job design in an organisation.
Study materials
Videos
- Scientific Management Models · YouTube · Galton College · 8 min · for registered students
- How the Job Characteristics Model Can Improve Motivation - Organizational Psychology Lecture 8.2 · YouTube · Professor Q · 8 min · for registered students
- Scientific Management Theory · YouTube · Galton College · 20 min · for registered students
- Job Design. Or is it Job CRAFTING??? · YouTube · The HR Hub with Andrea Adams · 20 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Organizational Behavior, ch. 6: Designing a Motivating Work Environment · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 205–252 · for registered students
- Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 9.7: From motivation theory to application · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 309–312 · for registered students
- Noba Psychology module: Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology · Reading · Noba, textbook chapter · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
