Identify three separate jobs. These can be current jobs, jobs you have held in the past, and/or jobs that you are familiar with. Use JDS to assess each job’s motivating potential. Formulate a plan to redesign the jobs that will increase their motivating potential. While working, think about the following issues: 

1. How will redesigning your jobs impact other jobs within the organization? 

2. What HR functions (recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, compensation, etc.) will be impacted by the redesigned jobs? What can you do to realign HR functions with your new jobs? 

3. Are some jobs easier to redesign than others? What factors make a job easy or hard to redesign? 

4. Is it easier to increase some core JCM characteristics than others? What core JCM characteristics are easy or hard to adjust? 

5. What are the costs associated with your job redesign plans? Given these costs, do you think an organization would benefit from implementing your changes? 

Think about a past job experience. Rate that job with the short version of JDS. How does this job score? Discuss your tasks and responsibilities with the class and provide an example or two on why you scored the way you did on a few of the job characteristics described in the survey. Please watch the following video(s): 

1. https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_c_bush_this_is_what_makes_employees_happy_at_work/transcript

2. https://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work?referrer=play_list-shawn_achor_work_happier

3. https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work?refer_rer=playlist-7_talks_to_help_you_find_the_r

Now form small groups to discuss the video(s) and answer the following questions: 

1. What are the major points of the video? 

2. How can you use information from the video in your career? 

3. Based on the video, what advice do you have for leaders in organizations? 

Be prepared to present the ideas from your small group discussion with the class as a whole.