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What is the difference between job enrichment and job enlargement?

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Question added by haytham laag
Date Posted: 2013/06/25
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الأثراء الوظيفي يعني اعادة تصميم الأعمال وتغيير المحتوى الوظيفي بما يتناسب مع التوسع الوظيفي في العمل ورغبات ومتطلبات الأفراد العاملين

Job Enrichment The expansion of a job by increasing the degree to which the worker controls the planning, execution, and evaluation of the work.
Job Enlargement The expansion of a job by increasing the number and variety of tasks that an individual performed resulted in jobs with more diversity.

Zafar Iqbal
by Zafar Iqbal , Teacher (Pak Studies) Subject Specialist , Home Tutor

Job Enlargement The expansion of a job by increasing the number and variety of tasks that an individual performed resulted in jobs with more diversity.

Job Enrichment The expansion of a job by increasing the degree to which the worker controls the planning, execution, and evaluation of the work.

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الاثراء الوظيفي هي المعلومات الكافية والمؤهلة لإداء الوظيفة على الوجه الاكمل اما التوسيع الوظيفي هي زيادة الخبرات والمهارات في مجالات متعددة

Muhammad Adnan Khan
by Muhammad Adnan Khan , Corporate Group Head Human Resources and organization development , Effort Group of companies

Job enrichment is refer to "Job Satisfaction", which is the perceived reward an employee feels they receive with respect to their position, their role and personal growth potential.
If one is not enriched by their job, it is easy to become bored, disinterested and unproductive.
Job enlargement means adding duties and responsibilities to a current job description.
You may be familiar with the expression used on JD's that note "performs other duties and responsibilities as required".
This is a vehicle used by employers to be able to have a reduced staff shoulder more workload and additional duties during employee cut backs perhaps due to economic downturn.
Faced with this situation, most employees will accept the additional workload but will not necessarily find it enriching, mainly being grateful to still have a job at all.

Mohammed Said Rashidy
by Mohammed Said Rashidy , llogistics supervisor & clearance chief , R.G.S. Egypt limited company

1) Meaning: job enlargement means giving variety of tasks or duties to be performed by the employees at the same level.
Whereas job enrichment means increasing the content of the job or upgrading the scope or challenges of the job.2) Nature: it involves horizontal expansion of the job while job enrichment involves vertical loading of the job on the job holder.3) Purpose: the aim of job enlargement is to reduce the monotony in performing same kind of work again and again while job enrichment is a motivational technique to give the employee more challenges.4) Requirement of skill: the job enlargement does not require the more skill on the part of job holder while the job enrichment requires more skill due to more challenging job.5) Supervision: the job holder needs more supervision while the job enrichment requires less supervision.
These are the major differences between job enlargement and job enrichment

Mohammed Fawzi Hieza
by Mohammed Fawzi Hieza , المدير التنفيذى لعمليات الشحن , Union International Cargo Group

My Dear haytham Good Day about your Question what is the difference between Job Enrichment and Job Enlargement Job Enlargement vs Job Enrichment The difference between job enrichment and job enlargement is quality and quantity.
Job enrichment means improvement, or an increase with the help of upgrading and development, whereas job enlargement means to add more duties, and an increased workload.
By job enrichment, an employee finds satisfaction in respect to their position and personal growth potential, whereas job enlargement refers to having additional duties and responsibilities in a current job description.
Job enlargement is a vehicle employers use to put additional workload on employees, perhaps in economical downtime.
Due to downsizing, an employee might feel lucky to have a job at all, despite the fact that his duties and responsibilities have increased.
Another approach is that by adding more variety and enlarging the responsibilities will provide the chance of enhancement and more productivity.
Job enrichment involves organizing and planning in order to gain more control over their duties and work as a manager.
The execution of plans and evaluation of results motivates workers and relieves boredom.
Job enlargement and job enrichment are both useful for motivating workers to perform their tasks enthusiastically.
Although job enlargement and enrichment have a relationship with each other, they also possess some distinct features that differentiate them, such as area of expansion, mutual reliance, allocation of duties and responsibilities, motivation and profundity.
Job enrichment is largely dependent on job enlargement, whereas job enlargement has no such dependency.
Job enlargement expands horizontally when compared to job enrichment, which expands vertically.
Vertical growth of job or augmentation is helpful to obtain managerial rights.
In spite of mutual dependency, managerial duties are sanctioned, as in the case of enhancement.
The employee focuses more on job depth, which does not happen in job enlargement.
Job enrichment has a greater motivational impact than job enlargement.
The job enlargement theory involving horizontal expansion to increase job satisfaction and productivity is relatively simple, and applied in numerous situations.
Job enrichment, when compared to job enlargement, not only includes more duties and responsibilities, but also gives the right of decision making and control.
Summary:1.
Job enrichment is dependent on job enlargement, whereas job enlargement is not dependent on enrichment.2.
Job enlargement means taking charge of more duties and responsibilities which are not mentioned in the job description.3.
Job enrichment gives more control and managerial access to perform tasks and responsibilities.4.
Job enlargement is horizontal, whereas job enrichment is vertical expansion.5.
Job enlargement and job enrichment are tools for motivation and growth.
Thanks

rafat hussein
by rafat hussein , programer , suprem judge department

الاثراء الوظيفي هي التخصص في مجال معين والالمام بكافة جوانبه التوسع الوظيفي هو اتساع مجال الوظيفة والتفرع فيها والدخول في مجالات مختلفة منها

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