Motivating Employees: Job Design

What are the tools companies can use to ensure a motivated workforce? Many of us assume the most important motivator at work is pay. Yet, studies point to a different factor as the major influence over worker motivation—job design. How a job is designed has a major impact on employee motivation, job satisfaction, commitment to the business, absenteeism, and turnover.In this course you will discover how job design can influence employee motivation and success. We will look at real-life examples of how job design has benefited companies, reflect on the history of job design, and consider the benefits of one of the most popular new design theories—empowerment.