Not sure if this should go here or in community games, mods please take appropriate action. Anyway, the aim of this thread is simple: Post a problem, preferably hypothetical (I want to avoid topics that may lead to a lock), and we'll brainstorm to come up with the optimum solution to the problem, or the best that we can think of. I'll start with a simple problem. Discuss the expert's recommendation, and propose an ideal solution. Some problems will have ideal solutions — those solutions which by some paradigm of decision making, are clearly the best. The solutions which yield the highest payoff for the concerned parties. Some may not have ideal solutions, some we may not know them. The solution doesn't need to be known beforehand, the point of this thread is the act of brainstorming. Do NOT present a new problem, until the original has been fully discussed at length.
What came first? The Hen or the Egg? Job Rotation is actually a technique to relieve boredom especially if specialisation is deeply rooted in business. According to the efficiency manager, the more able should be allocated challenging tasks, this could be done by promoting team work of equally capable workers to promote a healthy conflict to further increase productivity. As for the less able workers, they should be trained and given confidence from management for their growth, praise them for their work and and let them slowly develop. I would have quoted the motivation,management theories but I have long forgotten their names.
while the expert has the short term solution on lockdown, it isn't good for any of the employees - the highly skilled one will get bored, and will go elsewhere, and the remaining two will get bored as they are not being challenged. while constant rotation may not be the best idea, a gradual increase in exposure to the different roles is a must for the two juniors. for the senior, if he is only ever left doing high level tasks, his technical skills will deteriorate. rotation, in proper amounts that is conducive to all parties' growth, is the best solution.
Boredom was never mentioned as a problem for the other two team members. This isn't the optimum solution. A solution that confers no benefit above the current state, isn't really a good solution. You're proposing they continue rotation as they have been doing?
You don't have a problem to begin with. What you have is an opportunity to increase productive effeciency. You should read your version of problem first.
I have. The problem, is that efficiency can be increased by a whole 20% if rotation is stopped, and the following are implemented. Assign the strongest person to the most difficult job. Assign the weakest person to the easiest job. We have only three employees.
Wouldn't the best employee's efficiency drop if he was demanded to stay in the same role? Is this a part of the problem?
I would cease rotation for most of the time and do it sometimes, short enough that the efficancy doesn't suffer that much but long enough so the most capable person is able to relief their boredom. the exact numbers would be dependend on how bored the capable guy it's useless to think about concrete numbers
It may be. He wants to avoid boredom. If he's forced to be bored, then his motivation may indeed drop. An improvement for sure, but not the ideal solution.
For this particular problem, I copied it from somewhere. The place UK copied it from has the ideal solution. The ideal solution also makes sense to me.