Volvo Increases Productivity through Job Enrichment

Gibson, Charles H.

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“…Volvo Company also implemented job enrichment to increase productivity. In the late 1960s, Volvo Company started its job enrichment program involving about 1500 employees in Gothenburg (Gibson, 1973). This job enrichment program was a comprehensive program which incorporated new ideas in technology, work environment, work organization structure.…”

Section: Theories Of Motivation and Job Enrichment To Enhance Productmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Roles of Motivation in Improving Productivity in Organizations

2018

2018 1st International Conference on Education, Art, Management and Social Sciences (EAMSS 2018)

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Procuring high productivity is one of the most pivotal goals of an organization. Motivation, an incentive factor that has the potential to enhance employee loyalty and performance, can also contribute to increasing productivity when properly utilized by managers. This paper presents current theories of motivation and outcomes of empirical study to enunciate how employee motivation generates higher productivity in organizations.

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Section: Theories Of Motivation and Job Enrichment To Enhance Productmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The surveys of employees of Volvo showed positive outcomes of performing this job enrichment program. The absenteeism rate and turnover of employees decreased and productivity greatly increased (Gibson, 1973).…”

Section: Theories Of Motivation and Job Enrichment To Enhance Productmentioning

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The Roles of Motivation in Improving Productivity in Organizations

2018

2018 1st International Conference on Education, Art, Management and Social Sciences (EAMSS 2018)

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“…The dominant concept used in the discussion of 'job enrichment'-and embodied in the highly influential job characteristics model of Hackman and Oldham (1976)-was that humane job design would embody elements of variety and autonomy in the core activities of the job. Indeed, Volvo had already been experimenting for several years on the basis of job enrichment with long-cycle production (Gibson 1973). These experiments-and their many successors-wrestled with the problem of how boring work could be made 'motivating'.…”

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Celebrating the enigma: the continuing puzzle of the Toyota Production System

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2007

International Journal of Production Research

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“…Pehr G. Gyllenhemmer, President of Volvo, enunciated the concept of service group as follows (Gibson, 1973):…”

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Increasing Productivity of Commercial Banking Operations: A Systemic Approach

Kalro

Bhattacharyya

1978

Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers

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Commercial banking operations have undergone significant changes in quantitative as well as qualitative terms during the last decade. Despite these major changes, the systems and procedures of work have largely remained the same, without any major modification since they were devised. The systems and procedures used have a bearing on customer service, productivity, and cost of operations. With growing concern being expressed in all these areas, it has become necessary to examine the present systems and procedures with a view to developing improved methods of work. In this paper, suitable alternatives for rationalizing and improving systems and procedures pertaining to day-to-day on-line/off-line activities of commercial banking operations are examined.

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Volvo Increases Productivity through Job Enrichment

Cited by 9 publications

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The Roles of Motivation in Improving Productivity in Organizations

The Roles of Motivation in Improving Productivity in Organizations

Celebrating the enigma: the continuing puzzle of the Toyota Production System

Increasing Productivity of Commercial Banking Operations: A Systemic Approach

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