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De-Jobbing

• Replacing fixed jobs with tasks performed by evolving teams– Hierarchy not maintained

Why Managers Are Dejobbing Their Companies

• Dejobbing– Broadening the

responsibilities of the company’s jobs

– Encouraging employee initiative.

• Internal factors leading to dejobbing

• External factors leading to dejobbing.

Factors responsible

Internal– Flatter organizations– Work teams– Agile and responsive

organizations– Re-engineering

External– Rapid product and

technological change– Global competition– Deregulation,– Political instability, – Demographic

changes– Rise of a service

economy.

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Traits of De-jobbed Workers

• They make operating decisions that used to be reserved for managers

• They have the information they need to make such decisions

• They have training so that they understand the business and financial issues that used to concern owners and executives

• They have a stake in the fruits of their labor, share of profits