III. Job Enlargement

Job enlargement combines into one job with two or more tasks which are to be performed. Sometimes it is called “ horizontal loading” as all tasks involve the same level of responsibility .The job enlargement approach often has positive effects on employee effectiveness. However, some employees view job enlargement as just adding more routine, repetitive tasks to their already boring job. Other employees regard it as eliminating their ability to perform their jobs almost automatically.

Advantages:

Job enlargement and job rotation approaches are useful in many work settings.

One of their biggest advantages is that :

�They offer a form of training.

�They allow workers to learn more than one task, thus increasing their value to the employer.

�As they allow workers to perform many tasks, they can be used more flexibly as circumstances require.