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Providing Challenging Providing Challenging opportunities opportunities Topic 9 Topic 9 Study Questions Study Questions  What is challenging opportunities? What is challenging opportunities?  Power and importance of opportunity Power and importance of opportunity  How to find out which works employee wants as a good How to find out which works employee wants as a good opportunity opportunity  Turn everyday tasks into opportunities. Turn everyday tasks into opportunities.  Task Redesign Task Redesign  Define the Task Define the Task  Make the purpose clear and compelling Make the purpose clear and compelling  Making the job doable Making the job doable  A Learning Loop A Learning Loop  Job enrichment Job enrichment  Managing the Destination Managing the Destination  Avoiding Extremes Avoiding Extremes What is challenging opportunities? What is challenging opportunities?  “ “ Situations in which an employee feels Situations in which an employee feels there is a possibility to achieve something there is a possibility to achieve something significant through good hard work” significant through good hard work”  Good opportunity is that people are given Good opportunity is that people are given a clear, meaningful and attainable goal. a clear, meaningful and attainable goal. Power and importance of Power and importance of opportunity opportunity  People want exciting/ meaning goal People want exciting/ meaning goal  It makes them eager to achieve it It makes them eager to achieve it  So they make effort to create energy to achieve So they make effort to create energy to achieve it with superior levels. it with superior levels.  Thus, opportunities are powerful tool to Thus, opportunities are powerful tool to intrinsically motivate someone intrinsically motivate someone  The exhibit 6-1 indicates that opportunity is The exhibit 6-1 indicates that opportunity is clarified the top of the list of motivators clarified the top of the list of motivators Difference between responsibilities Difference between responsibilities and challenges and challenges  Practice exercise 6-1 to recognize the Practice exercise 6-1 to recognize the differences between responsibilities and differences between responsibilities and challenges challenges  Most people in reality do not find their duties Most people in reality do not find their duties to be exciting. to be exciting. Identifying the problem of Joan Identifying the problem of Joan  It seems that job fails purpose because Joan It seems that job fails purpose because Joan believed the report will be forwarded to believed the report will be forwarded to headquarter headquarter  It does not interesting because Joan mastered it It does not interesting because Joan mastered it and has little pride. and has little pride.  Fail to control the assignment because poor Fail to control the assignment because poor cooperation from other departments. cooperation from other departments. → → Joan’s report writing assignment does not pass Joan’s report writing assignment does not pass the challenging opportunity. the challenging opportunity. How to find out which works How to find out which works employee wants as a good employee wants as a good opportunity opportunity  By asking questions to focus on 3 elements By asking questions to focus on 3 elements of purpose, interest and ability. of purpose, interest and ability.  What do I need to do to make sure you view this What do I need to do to make sure you view this job as full of opportunities to achieve? job as full of opportunities to achieve?  Does this job seems meaningful or important to Does this job seems meaningful or important to you? Why/ Why not? you? Why/ Why not?  Does this assignment seem interesting to you? Does this assignment seem interesting to you? Why/ why not? Why/ why not?  Do you have ability to do it well? Do you have ability to do it well? Turn everyday tasks into Turn everyday tasks into opportunities. opportunities.  Task Redesign Task Redesign  Define the Task Define the Task  Make the purpose clear and compelling Make the purpose clear and compelling  Making the job doable Making the job doable Task Redesign Task Redesign  Design task planning process with employee Design task planning process with employee  With the questions of What, Why? How, With the questions of What, Why? How, manager and employee discover the manager and employee discover the meaning of task, the specific actions, the meaning of task, the specific actions, the expectations and concerning issues. expectations and concerning issues.  Do it in cooperative manner. Do it in cooperative manner.  Make him/her feels good due to his/ her Make him/her feels good due to his/ her active contribution. active contribution. Task Redesign Task Redesign  Manager may invite him/her to fill Manager may invite him/her to fill in the task plan form. in the task plan form.  Discuss and improve plan until Discuss and improve plan until both have the version as both have the version as expectation. expectation.  Make sure employee understand Make sure employee understand what you are expecting. what you are expecting. . Providing Challenging Providing Challenging opportunities opportunities Topic 9 Topic 9 Study Questions Study Questions  What is challenging opportunities? What is challenging opportunities?  Power. Destination Managing the Destination  Avoiding Extremes Avoiding Extremes What is challenging opportunities? What is challenging opportunities?  “ “ Situations in which an employee feels Situations. writing assignment does not pass Joan’s report writing assignment does not pass the challenging opportunity. the challenging opportunity. How to find out which works How to find out which works