Editing Work design (section)

=== Opportunity ===
''Opportunity'', in this context, refers to the uncontrollable forces surrounding an individual that enable or constrain the individuals task performance.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Blumberg|first1=Melvin|last2=Pringle|first2=Charles D.|date=October 1982|title=The Missing Opportunity in Organizational Research: Some Implications for a Theory of Work Performance|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/257222|journal=The Academy of Management Review|volume=7|issue=4|pages=560|doi=10.2307/257222|jstor=257222|issn=0363-7425}}</ref> Regardless of an individual's motivation or KSAs regarding a particular work design-related decision, that individual can only implement change if they have the opportunity to do so.<ref name=":14" /> For example, if a manager lacks the power to mobilise necessary resources, perhaps due to a rigid organizational hierarchy, their work design-related actions would be constrained.<ref name=":14" />