The Design and Implementation of a Job Redesign Intervention
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the specific factors contributing to morale problems of company grade officers in an Air Force Program Control Office. Several diagnostic tools were used for this purpose including an open-ended survey designed and distributed by the employees, employee interviews conducted by an external consultant, and a survey questionnaire distributed by the external consultant. The survey questionnaire incorporated parts of the Job Diagnostic Survey, the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and also items pertaining to the issues of training, challenge, and the matrix organization this survey was distributed to the target organization and two comparison groups, one with similar organizational structure. and duties, and another without the matrix organization structure The data were collected and compared to normative data collected on the five core dimensions of the Job Characteristics Model. This analysis showed that the problems that do exist are not isolated to the target organization and therefore may be job related. A Job Redesign Team was formed of employees from the target organization. Using the information collected, the Job Redesign Team will submit to management a written proposal for job redesign. Management will have final approval authority over the actual job redesign to be implemented. Keywords: Theses, Job satisfaction, Moral, Job analysis, Personnel management.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA202792
Entities
People
- Thomas E. Conners
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology