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It is said that job expansion has both a vertical component and a horizontal component. Explain, with reference to such terms as job enrichment, job rotation, and job enlargement.
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Job expansion is a way by which managers design motivating jobs. Specific strategies include job enlargement, job enrichment, and job rotation. Job enlargement increase job scope, job enrichment increases job depth, while job rotation allows the worker to learn more jobs and be exposed to varied experiences. job rotation can be a step to job enlargement because it prepares the worker to varied tasks.

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JOB EXPANSION: VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL COMPONENT
Job expansion is a way by which managers motivate individuals on the job. These are ways to design motivating jobs. According to Coulter and Robbins (2004), managers should design jobs in such a way that it reflects the demands of the changing environment, organization's technology, skills and abilities, and preferences of its employees. Job enrichment, job enlargement, and job rotation are ways managers can design motivating jobs.

Job enrichment
Robbins and Coulter noted ...

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