Business Management

• Job Enrichment (or Vertical Loading): motivation through employee offering more challenging work with increased responsibility
• Job Enlargement (or Horizontal Loading): increased satisfaction through more tasks (stops boredom) with same responsibility
• Empowerment: motivation and increased productivity (feel trusted) through more control over daily work routine with minimum supervision
• Teamwork: greater motivation than working individually depending on nature of team, task and reward offered 

Benefits:

• Personal or 'Psychological Growth': Individuals become increasingly motivated as they are given increasing amounts to do
• Opportunity to be Responsible and Motivated: This is achieved through self checking and meaningful work that they perceive to be contributing to the organisation's overall effort

Limitations:

• Costs Money and Takes Time to be Effective
• Management is Responsible : to ensure that 'meaningful work' is available and achievable

• Offers 'More of the Same' : Job Enlargement does not give the opportunity to develop talents
• Simply cuts Costs and removes Management Layers : Empowerment may lead to workers being unable to be responsible for their daily routine (lack of training), preferring clear lines of communication and responsibility
• Empowerment is Time- Consuming : takes time to develop a quality culture
• Empowerment may be Inappropriate : particularly in a Theory X management approach