Work Specialization

Effective organizations are able to divide work into tasks, duties, and responsibilities among their members linked with their different expertise. A lot of the decisions for work specialization have to do with training, education, and experience. As the organization grows, you need to figure out who should be doing what. Keep in mind that the job for a vice president is probably very different than the job of an individual contributor.

How specialized should your employees be$?$ Select up to two options.

$$ Employees are expected to deepen their knowledge and skills in their specific job function $($training$),$ in order to reduce errors and increase speed.

Employees are formally trained to be experts in their field.

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Employees are cross$-$trained and free to change their tasks as the need arises.

Employees are required to work in small project teams, with less clarity of expectations and increasing individual accountability, but allowing for flexibility in job functions.

$$ Employees are permitted to decide what job fultctions they would like to perform, and it's up to the managers to decide where they would best fit into teams.