Hi All, I am planning to implement Job Rotation policy in my organisatuion. Can anyone help me this please. Regards, Simmi.
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Dear Simmi,
Job Rotation is a movement between different jobs. This avoids employees from becoming bored with their job and helps them in learning new skills. It has a number of positive impacts as well as negative impacts on employees and the organization. A multiskilled employee may perform well in one organization but may not be suitable at all in a precision/specialty-based organization. I do not know the size or nature of your organization.
I also want to know why your organization is considering introducing this policy. To my knowledge, there are many reasons for introducing job rotation in an organization. These reasons may include evolving potential for increased product quality, employee satisfaction, and lower cumulative trauma disorder.
Implementing this change all at once is not easy. It is suggested that a job rotation program should start slowly at first and, if necessary, can be further refined for full implementation.
The positives of the policy in general are:
- Reduced boredom
- Reduced work stress
- Increased innovation
- Increased free time activity
- Increased production
- Reduced absenteeism
- Reduced turnover
Some potential negative impacts may include:
- Experienced workers not wanting to learn new types of work
- Machine operators not wanting to "lend" their machines to others
- Practical problems in physically transitioning from one job to the next
- Unsuitable wage forms
- Education and training of workers for new jobs
- Difficulties in finding appropriate jobs to rotate to
- Inappropriate use of job rotation by management
Please reply to the above, and then I will be in a position to provide suggestions on the policy and assessment of job rotation in an organization.
Regards,
Anil Anand
From India, New Delhi
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Job Rotation is a movement between different jobs. This avoids employees from becoming bored with their job and helps them in learning new skills. It has a number of positive impacts as well as negative impacts on employees and the organization. A multiskilled employee may perform well in one organization but may not be suitable at all in a precision/specialty-based organization. I do not know the size or nature of your organization.
I also want to know why your organization is considering introducing this policy. To my knowledge, there are many reasons for introducing job rotation in an organization. These reasons may include evolving potential for increased product quality, employee satisfaction, and lower cumulative trauma disorder.
Implementing this change all at once is not easy. It is suggested that a job rotation program should start slowly at first and, if necessary, can be further refined for full implementation.
The positives of the policy in general are:
- Reduced boredom
- Reduced work stress
- Increased innovation
- Increased free time activity
- Increased production
- Reduced absenteeism
- Reduced turnover
Some potential negative impacts may include:
- Experienced workers not wanting to learn new types of work
- Machine operators not wanting to "lend" their machines to others
- Practical problems in physically transitioning from one job to the next
- Unsuitable wage forms
- Education and training of workers for new jobs
- Difficulties in finding appropriate jobs to rotate to
- Inappropriate use of job rotation by management
Please reply to the above, and then I will be in a position to provide suggestions on the policy and assessment of job rotation in an organization.
Regards,
Anil Anand
From India, New Delhi
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Dear Anand,
Ours is a software organization with around 40 people working. Currently, we have three product teams working on different projects. Several individuals have approached me with various issues such as leadership, projects, and teamwork. Therefore, I am considering introducing a Job Rotation policy.
Regards,
Simmi.
From India, New Delhi
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Ours is a software organization with around 40 people working. Currently, we have three product teams working on different projects. Several individuals have approached me with various issues such as leadership, projects, and teamwork. Therefore, I am considering introducing a Job Rotation policy.
Regards,
Simmi.
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I implemented job rotation in a children's educational facility many years ago, thinking that it would bring about many of the positive changes that Anand documents.
To some extent, there were positives, but there was also a strong negative "kickback" from staff who described a loss of job satisfaction and a sense of their specific skills being wasted in a new environment. The job rotation policy changed after a couple of years so that rather than being mandatory, staff were permitted to negotiate their own exchanges if all those affected were in agreement. Much happier and productivity increased again!
Simmi, I wonder if job rotation is being proposed in your organization when, in fact, the organization should be considering leadership development and skill and knowledge development in the various disciplines represented in your workforce?
From Australia, Ballarat
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To some extent, there were positives, but there was also a strong negative "kickback" from staff who described a loss of job satisfaction and a sense of their specific skills being wasted in a new environment. The job rotation policy changed after a couple of years so that rather than being mandatory, staff were permitted to negotiate their own exchanges if all those affected were in agreement. Much happier and productivity increased again!
Simmi, I wonder if job rotation is being proposed in your organization when, in fact, the organization should be considering leadership development and skill and knowledge development in the various disciplines represented in your workforce?
From Australia, Ballarat
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