Job Enlargement :
         Job enlargement means expanding the scope of the job by aggregating two or more jobs into a single one. In involves expanding the number of tasks / duties assigned to a given job. Naturally, it is opposite to work simplification. The purpose of job enlargement is to bring about some sense of wholeness in the job. Job enlargement reduces monotony and boredom by providing the employee a ore complete or whole job to perform. It helps to increase interest in work and efficiency. Job enlargement involves assigning more tasks of similar nature. This is also called horizontal job leading and is possible in the case of manual, technical and clerical job holders. In horizontal job loading, employees at the lowest level do not only routine jobs, employees in the middle level perform directing and controlling jobs and top executives do only planning and organizing jobs.
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