Cashier in a supermarket/skill variety

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You will be assigned a job and one of the characteristics from Hackman and Oldham’s Job Characteristics Model (Chapter 7). Your task is to find examples of the skills or tasks you have been assigned, which can be used to make the job more motivating. You need to explain why these actions are motivating. This means that you consider this job and think of what it entails and using the job characteristic that you have been assigned explain how you will make the job more motivating, using the characteristic to guide you.

So, in your analysis, you should have no fewer than 4 skills or activities and you must explain how each will contribute to motivation and how.

You must also have a minimum of 3 scholarly references for your answer. This can include the text and one other scholarly reference. Wikipedia will not be accepted as a scholarly reference but can be used to help you explain your job.

A marking key will be provided. Please read it carefully!

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You will be assigned a topic for this assignment, on March 26th. On April 4th you must submit your assignment no later than midnight. Instructions on how to submit the assignment will be provided on March 26th.The assignment should not exceed 2 pages single-spaced, excluding references and title page. The font should be Times Roman 12. Assigned Topic: Cashier in a supermarket/skill variety Task You will be assigned a job and one of the characteristics from Hackman and Oldham’s Job Characteristics Model (Chapter 7). Your task is to find examples of the skills or tasks you have been assigned, which can be used to make the job more motivating. You need to explain why these actions are motivating. This means that you consider this job and think of what it entails and using the job characteristic that you have been assigned explain how you will make the job more motivating, using the characteristic to guide you. So, in your analysis, you should have no fewer than 4 skills or activities and you must explain how each will contribute to motivation and how. You must also have a minimum of 3 scholarly references for your answer. This can include the text and one other scholarly reference. Wikipedia will not be accepted as a scholarly reference but can be used to help you explain your job. A marking key will be provided. Please read it carefully! Format Page 1: Title page, including your full name and A number. Pages 2 and 3: Your assigned job and your assigned job characteristic. Brief explanation of what the job is and the characteristic you are using. Please use your own words. The skills or tasks (4) that you would add that would improve the assigned characteristic and a brief explanation of how that would work in this job. For example, if the job was bricklayer and the task was skill variety, what skills would you add to make this job more meaningful and why do you think they would accomplish this (why would they be motivating in this particular case?) Page 4 References (if you are not sure how to reference using APA, please check with the library or use online resources). You should use your own words in this assignment and not lengthy passages from other sources. Failure to use proper referencing or too much reliance on piecing together the work of others could result in a grade of zero. For example, slightly changing a passage or work by changing a word here and there, even if you cite that source, is not your own work or thoughts. Your assignment may be uploaded to turnitin.com and this will note long passages that are paraphrased from other sources. If you are unsure of what you are supposed to do, please check the regulation on plagiarism or contact me for clarification. We want your thoughts on this assignment!
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Running Head: SKILL VARIETY FOR CASHIER IN SUPERMARKET

Skill variety for cashier in a supermarket
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Introduction
In the Hackman and Oldham's job characteristics model their skill variety characteristics
which most employees must have mainly cashiers who work in a supermarket, (O’brien, 2003) the
model provides features and task that aim at the motivation of the employees like cashiers in the
workplace. The skill variety tends to be motivation oriented towards the employees due to the high
chance of conducting different tasks based on different skills of a cashier. Skill variety is
significant for the cashier in the carrying duties and responsibilities in the supermarket. Various
skills are beneficial to the supermarket cashier ranging from communication skills, attention skills,
occupational awareness skills, skills related to customer service, computer literacy skills,
interpersonal skills, management and leadership skills and skills associated with selling in the
supermarket.
The communication and selling of skills possessed by the cashier in the supermarket are
required. The more the skills owned by the cashier in the supermarket the higher the motivation
within the job. The cashiers in the supermarket are asked to perform a variety of duties most of
which are repetitive. The jobs offered to the cashier in the ...


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