Job Rotation
Job Rotation
Figure 1: Job rotation
What is meaning of job rotation in HRM?
Job rotation through numerous employment
responsibilities, enriching their skills, ability to perform in diverse tasks,
and experience. It is an effective HR technique to raise employee understanding
of all sorts of jobs conducted in their sector. Job rotation is a management
technique that involves shifting employees from one job to another in order to
familiarize them with all of an organization's verticals. The goal of job
rotation is to improve workers' work experience, cross-train them, and increase
their job satisfaction. The job rotation
program entails the temporary assignment of an employee in a position or
department to undertake the exact tasks of another position for a certain
period of time. This is usually a voluntary assignment in which the employee
considers the provided tasks to be part of his or her regular job. After
carefully evaluating other potential workforce techniques, any supervisor or
employee might request a job rotation assignment. Job rotation can take place
among departments, inside a business division, or in a cross-functional
division. An employee on a job rotation assignment will keep his or her usual
employment number and wage classification, as well as all rights, benefits, and
privileges
Benefits of job
rotation
Figure 2: Benefits of job rotation
·
Helps Managers Explore the Hidden Talent
Job rotation is intended to expose employees to a
broader range of operations in order to help management discover latent
ability. They are rotated through a number of assignments throughout the
process in order to obtain a better understanding of the organization's actual
working style and the issues that arise at each step. Managers use this
approach to determine what skills a certain employee possesses, and then
allocate him or her to a specific assignment.
·
Helps Individuals Explore Their Interests
Employees don't always know what they want to do until
they get their hands on a certain task. They can recognize what they are strong
at and what they love doing if their employment is rotated or they are exposed
to new processes. They are given the opportunity to pursue their passions and
untapped potential.
· Identifies Knowledge,
Skills and Attitudes
Job rotation assists both managers and people in
determining their KSA (Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes). It may be used to
determine who needs to develop or update their abilities in order to increase
their performance. This aids in determining staff training and development
needs so that they can deliver higher output.
· Motivates Employees to
Deal with New Challenges
When employees are introduced to new occupations or
responsibilities, they strive their hardest to do their best while coping
successfully with the problems they face. It motivates them to improve at every
level and demonstrate that they are on par with their peers. This creates a
healthy competitive environment within the company, with everyone striving to
outperform the competitors.
· Increases Satisfaction
and Decreases Attrition Rate
Employee satisfaction rises when they are exposed to a
variety of duties and roles. The monotony of doing the same duty every day is
reduced by job variety. Furthermore, it lowers the organization's attrition
rate. Employees create a sense of belonging to the company and stay with it for
a long time.
· Helps Align Competencies
with Requirements
Aligning competencies with needs entails allocating
resources to the right places at the right times. It evaluates people and
assigns them in positions that allow them to put their skills, abilities, and
quality to the best possible use
Figure 3: Types of job rotation process
Types of Job
Rotation Process Used
Job
rotation may be divided into two categories, depending on how the company
changes the employee's job description.
·
Task rotation-
Employees
who work in cognitively or physically demanding jobs are typically assigned to
a task rotation. Employees are switched from a difficult job to a less
demanding position in such instances to give a respite from monotonous labor.
·
Position rotation-
The
company changes the employee's designation, location, or department in the
event of job rotation. This gives the individual the chance to learn new skills,
obtain new information, and get fresh views on the job. There are two forms of
cross functional rotation: function rotation and cross functional rotation.
Employees' duties and areas of operation stay the same during function
rotation. The employee's level and work duties are modified while on cross
functional rotation
Conclusion
Job
rotation is the practice of moving people inside the same company between two
or more jobs or job roles in order to enhance and inspire them. This rotation
takes place at regular periods. The goal of job rotation is to break up
repetitive schedules and to expose employees to all verticals and/or
horizontals of a company so that they can develop the skills they need for the
future. When it comes to recognizing an employee's opportunity areas and best
fit regions, this is crucial. Job rotation also demonstrates the difficulty,
time necessary, abilities required, and other factors that go into doing
various occupations from the employee's perspective.
References
HR help board, 2022. HR help board. [Online]
Available at: https://www.hrhelpboard.com/hr-policies/job-rotation-policy.htm
[Accessed 24 April 2022].
Management
Study Guide, 2022. Management Study Guide. [Online]
Available at: https://www.managementstudyguide.com/benefits-of-job-rotation.htm
[Accessed 24 April 2022].
SHRM, 2022. SHRM.
[Online]
Available at: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/policies/pages/jobrotationpolicy.aspx#:~:text=Job%20rotation%20is%20the%20systematic,preventing%20job%20boredom%20or%20burnout.
[Accessed 24 April 2022].
Figure
2: Benefits of job rotation
Figure
3: Types of job rotation process
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