
214 – Adding Challenge to a Job
Purpose/Objectives: When work is challenging, people maintain—and even
increase—their motivation to perform well on the job.
Managers can use a number of strategies to make almost
any job more challenging. But those strategies must be
applied selectively to different people and situations.
This exercise develops participants’ ability to select
appropriate strategies for making work challenging in
three different case situations. Participants first work
individually to match strategies on a checklist with each
job described on the Case Situation Sheet. Then they
compare and discuss their findings in a f