Introduction Module six critical thinking task. This paper will address the five questions presented in the module six critical thinking task. The reading and lesson material in this module described work design in various service and manufacturing organizations. In what type of organization is job enrichment likely to be most effective as a strategy for increasing motivation and performance? “The purpose of job enrichment is to improve the quality of an employee's work and thereby motivate the employee to accomplish more” (Allison, McClintic, & Cengage, 2001) and job enrichment will have a positive effect on both organizations of services than on manufacturing ones that lack "psychological growth, particularly in responsibility, work challenges and results" (Gibson, JL, Ivancevich, JM, Donnelly, JH, Konopaske, R. , 2009). In a bureaucratic manufacturing organization that has many jobs with limited scope and depth, the organization is likely to have higher turnover, sick days, low loyalty, low dedication, low productivity, all symptoms of a lack of motivation. One type of job enrichment that would be beneficial to this type of manufacturing organization is job redesign, “matching employees with the work they prefer and are best qualified to do” (Allison, et al., 2001) by broadening the range and depth of activities. the work. The expanded range will include additional tasks and allow employees to develop teams to solve organizational problems. Greater depth will provide employees with greater discretion over the organization's work activities and outcomes. The manufacturing organization's job redesign has enriched employees and will increase motivation and performance. A highly departmentalized service organization would be...... middle of paper ...... Gibson, J. L., Ivancevich, J. M., Donnelly, J. H., Konopaske, R. (2009). Organizations: behavior, structure, processes. New York: McGraw Hill Irwin.Griffin, D. (2011). Characteristics of a functional organizational structure. Retrieved fromChron SmallBusiness: http://search.comcast.net/?cat=web&con=qcy&form_submit=1&q=management+skills+for+a+functional+departmentHelms, M., Cengage, G. (2006). "Organic organizations". Encyclopedia of Management. Retrieved from eNotes.com: www.enotes.com/management-encyclopedia Pruchno, R., Litchfield, L., Fried, M. (2011). Measuring the impact of workplace flexibility. Retrieved from Boston College Center for Work & Family website: http://www.bc.edu/centers/cwf/research/highlights.htmlWeb Finanace, Inc. (n.d.). Job rotation. Retrieved from Business Directory: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/job-rotation.html