Job Rotation
Policy
Job Rotation Meaning & Definition
Meaning:
A movement of employees on different
job role which enriches their skills,
ability to work on different roles and
experience
Definition:
A management technique which is used
to shift employee from one job to
another
Role of Employee Job Rotation Policy
To convey the employees about the job rotation technique
To clarify on the rules and regulation associated to the job rotation
To specify the frequency of job rotation
To make the organizational outcomes more efficient
To improve the productivity of the employees
To boost innovative thinking and inventiveness
Benefits and Purpose of Job Rotation Policy
Benefits
It minimizes work related strain, physiological
Purpose
stress and fatigue
To create a career path for employees
It eliminate the risk of to be stuck on high risk job
Provide opportunity to gain new knowledge
It improves efficiency and productivity of
To enhance the understanding
employees
To keep employee motivated and productive
It increases work flexibility
To create unity among employees
Provides relief from boredom and complacency
It decreases absenteeism
Job Rotation Program Steps
Selection of
Leadership Ideal Bench
Critical Job Job Analysis
Commitment Strength
Position
Assessment and Development
Job period Selection process
Evaluation maps
Internal Team
Support Rewards
Communication orientation
Types of Job Rotation Process
Task rotation Position rotation
The employees are shifted from The designation, location or department
stressful job to less demanding of the employee is changed by the
job. It is used to provide employee organization. It is used to provide
a break from mentally or employee an opportunity to gain
physically stressful task. different skills, knowledge and new
work perspectives
Objectives of Job Rotation
To reduce the repetitiveness in the job profile of the employee
To develop a pool of talented employees
to place a right employee at right job
To provides basic knowledge about the organizational operations
To enrich the work experience of the employees
To sharpen employee skills
Advantages and Disadvantages of Employee job rotation
program
Advantages Disadvantages
Reduces the job repetitiveness Process is time consuming and costly
Supports the overall In some cases job rotation can lead to
development of the employees dissatisfaction among employees
Reduces the chances of It is not a solution on the
employee burnout disengagement of the employees.
Helps employees to find out It is not applicable to the industry
their strength and weaknesses which required highly skilled employees
Creates a back-up talent pool It can lead to loss due to error
for organization generation by employees who are in
learning process.