QUESTION
1.
When the textbook presented the topic of job
design decisions, the “what” of these decisions concerned the tasks
to be performed.
True False
2.
Job design is defined as the function of
specifying the work activities of an individual or group in an organizational
setting.
True False
3.
Extensive use of temporary workers can have an
effect on job design. True False
4.
Specialization of labor does not appear to have
serious adverse effects on workers. True False
5.
One of the behavioral considerations in job design
includes the degree of labor specialization. True False
6.
One of the behavioral considerations in job design
includes job enrichment. True False
7.
Requiring little or no education is one of the advantages
for management in adopting specialization of labor as a job design principle.
True False
8.
One objective in managing people is to make them
work as hard as possible so that the value of their output will exceed the cost
of employing them.
True False
9.
“Informating” ordinary workers means
using electronic methods to give them instructions. True False
10. One of
the disadvantages of adopting specialization of labor as a job design principle
for labor is boredom. True False
11.
Job enlargement generally entails adjusting a
specialized job to make it more interesting to the jobholder. True False
12.
The sociotechnical systems approach to job design
focuses on the interaction between technology and the work group.
True False
13.
One of the major conclusions in job design is that
task variety and skill variety are important job design principles.
True False
14.
The fundamental purpose of work measurement is to
set time standards. True False
15.
Work measurement can be used to determine how
physically hard the work should be to be performed by labor.
True False
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