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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 6th Edition by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart,Patrick Wright
Edition 6ISBN: 978-0077718367Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 6th Edition by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart,Patrick Wright
Edition 6ISBN: 978-0077718367 Exercise 11
Setting Up Stretch Assignments for Employees
Ideally, a stretch assignment will be a difficult but positive experience in which the employee figures out how to meet the challenge. Here are some principles for achieving that ideal:
• Establish a purpose for each assignment. Have in mind particular skills or competencies the employee would learn in the assignment-for example, understanding the customer's perspective or influencing others in the organization.
• Include one or more of the conditions that make assignments challenging: unfamiliar tasks, greater responsibility, effort to bring about change, work with people in other areas of the organization, and leadership of a diverse group.
• Create a safe context for learning. One approach is to identify the conditions necessary for the employee to succeed and verify that those conditions are in place. Another approach is to make sure that the assignment is one where a failure will not harm the organization, so failure is tolerated.
• Determine how you will track the employee's progress and measure success. For example, if the employee will develop decision-making skills, prepare to measure how the employee is making decisions, as well as the quality of the decisions.
• Before placing an employee in an assignment, assess the employee's current skills. Use assessment results to match employees with assignments they are prepared to handle.
• Clearly define for the employee the requirements of the stretch assignment. Lay out the expectations for the tasks the employee will perform and the definition of success.
• Assign qualified persons to give support and feedback to employees in stretch assignments. The support could come from a more experienced mentor or coach. In addition, a group of peers might share knowledge as they learn together.
Which of these principles help ensure that a stretch assignment is not so simple that it is just another routine job responsibility
Ideally, a stretch assignment will be a difficult but positive experience in which the employee figures out how to meet the challenge. Here are some principles for achieving that ideal:
• Establish a purpose for each assignment. Have in mind particular skills or competencies the employee would learn in the assignment-for example, understanding the customer's perspective or influencing others in the organization.
• Include one or more of the conditions that make assignments challenging: unfamiliar tasks, greater responsibility, effort to bring about change, work with people in other areas of the organization, and leadership of a diverse group.
• Create a safe context for learning. One approach is to identify the conditions necessary for the employee to succeed and verify that those conditions are in place. Another approach is to make sure that the assignment is one where a failure will not harm the organization, so failure is tolerated.
• Determine how you will track the employee's progress and measure success. For example, if the employee will develop decision-making skills, prepare to measure how the employee is making decisions, as well as the quality of the decisions.
• Before placing an employee in an assignment, assess the employee's current skills. Use assessment results to match employees with assignments they are prepared to handle.
• Clearly define for the employee the requirements of the stretch assignment. Lay out the expectations for the tasks the employee will perform and the definition of success.
• Assign qualified persons to give support and feedback to employees in stretch assignments. The support could come from a more experienced mentor or coach. In addition, a group of peers might share knowledge as they learn together.
Which of these principles help ensure that a stretch assignment is not so simple that it is just another routine job responsibility
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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 6th Edition by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart,Patrick Wright
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