Team Exercise: IS STUDENT WORK ENRICHED? ${?}^{91}$

Purpose This exercise is designed to help you learn how to measure the motivational potential of jobs and evaluate the extent that jobs should be further enriched.

Instructions $($Small Class$)$ Being a student is like a job in several ways. You have tasks to perform, and someone $($such as your instructor$)$ oversees your work. Although few people want to be students most of their lives $($the pay rate is too low!$),$ it may be interesting to determine how enriched your job is as a student.

Students are placed into teams $($preferably four or five people$).$

Working alone, each student completes both sets of measures in this exercise. Then, using the guidelines below. they individually calculate the score for the five core job characteristics as well as the overall motivating$-$potential score for the job.

Members of each team compare their individual results. The group should identify differences of opinion for each core job characteristic. They should also note which core job characteristics have the lowest scores and recommend how these scores could be increased.