Job Sculpting: Concepts and Cases

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Job Sculpting has been defined as the art of matching people to jobs to realize and identify their "deeply embedded life interests" that match their job profile. It is a highly useful tool to slow down employee attrition, which is a major problem faced by the organizations. The employee motivation is an issue that needs to be addressed on a priority, since it is the demotivated employees who are more prone to leave the company. The commitment and loyalty of the employees are diminishing in the present competitive world and hence, in such a situation, it becomes vital for the Human Resource managers to frame and implement suitable policies that can motivate employees. The employee retention is another key issue taken up in this book as the present global world is facing the problem of high cost of turnover due to high attrition rate. The implementation of effective retention strategies can bring down the attrition rate. The major factor that can retain the employees of an organization, other than money, is the work satisfaction that leads to job satisfaction. The employees who are satisfied and happy with their jobs will always produce at higher levels. This book "Job Sculpting: Concepts and Cases" has been divided into two sections. The first section is titled "Concepts" that best describes the concepts of Job Sculpting, Motivation and Retention. It stresses job sculpting as a tool in retention of employees. It further discusses the concepts of Employee Motivation and Retention. The motivated employees are less likely to leave a company and hence it will help in their retention. Thus, the two are closely related to each other. The second section is titled “Cases”, which discuss the retention strategies adopted by the firms like SAS and Sapient. It discusses their applicability to firms that want to lower the attrition rate.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR R. Harish

R Harish holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from IIM-Calcutta and a B.Tech in Electrical Engg (Electronics) from IIT-Madras. He is presently working as a Faculty Member at Centre for Business Research, Icfai Business School, Bangalore. He also teaches Marketing and Business Strategy at Icfai Business School, Bangalore. Prior to joining Icfai, he worked for 20 years with Tata Economic Consultancy Services, a management consulting firm; and for three years with Maruti Udyog Limited. As a management consultant, he has carried out numerous market research assignments, project feasibility studies and business/investment planning exercises in a wide range of industry sectors and client contexts, in India and abroad.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sukhvinder Kaur Multani

Sukhvinder Kaur Multani holds an M.Phil in Political Science from Central University, Hyderabad. She is currently working as Consulting Editor at Icfai Business School Research Centre, Bangalore. Prior to joining Icfai, she worked for Academic Wing of Icfai as Faculty Member, where she was involved in designing syllabus and courseware for graduate, postgraduate and law courses, offered by the institution. She has several years of teaching and research experience to her credit. Her areas of interest include foreign policy studies, international relations, defense and strategic studies, women studies and media.

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Title
Job Sculpting: Concepts and Cases
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8131408426
Length
212p.
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