Many times, employees do not feel that their job and responsibilities have purpose. However, they still come to work everyday and carry out their rote duties so that they will receive a paycheck that will enable them to buy groceries for their family and pay the rent or mortgage. This paper will focus on a position within a previous employer that had become blasé and was a good candidate for job redesign. It will identify the current tasks and responsibilities of the position, discuss various approaches that could be used to redesign the selected position, describe the major tasks and responsibilities of the redesigned position, and discuss recommendations for the implementation of the newly redesigned position.
The company that I previously worked for was a large computer storage hardware manufacturer. We also had a software division, for which I was employed. My position within the company was the lead analyst in our alliance department. I was tasked with contacting companies with possibly compatible technology, and initiating a dialogue with them to ascertain whether there were any synergies between our products and companies. This required hours upon hours of research on the internet, reading business journals and trade maga
I only wish this had truly happened during my three year tenure. I may not have left to find something more rewarding to myself.
To make this position more rewarding to myself, I feel that the research and bird-dog taks should be delegated to someone on the marketing department’s research team. They are already doing competitive analysis of other companies and I believe that the initial research for new alliances would align nicely with their current duties. This would not involve adding any new positions; it would just require the marketing team to take on the added responsibility of researching the companies that were identified as potential alliances. By removing this task from my position, I feel that I would be more intrinsically motivated because I would begin at the point in the process that fuels my passion – relationship building and maintenance. Furthermore, it would help strengthen the communication pathway between the marketing and alliance teams. Previously this link was always very weak, but by delegating a task previously reserved for alliances only, it would help in building a successful team atmosphere.
zines, and going to different trade shows and walking the show floor. Additionall
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