The production line manager is most likely to agree with which of the

QUESTION

The production line manager is most likely to agree with which of the following statements?

A) There are no ethical reasons for the company to try to make the production line workers more satisfied with their jobs.
B) Even the most effective approaches to improving job satisfaction have no effect on the productivity of the production line workers.
C) Among all of the workers in the company, there is no connection between productivity and job satisfaction.
D) The productivity standards of the production line are sufficient for the company to be competitive in its industry.
E) Resources spent on making the production line workers more satisfied with their jobs should instead be spent in making those workers more satisfied with their overall lives.

ANSWER

Answer: B
Explanation: B) The production line manager thinks that there is no connection between job satisfaction and productivity among production line workers. If there’s no connection at all, then even the best approaches to improving job satisfaction wouldn’t lead to more productivity, and so the production line manager would agree with Choice B. Choice A: The production line manager might have other reasons to want the workers to be satisfied. For all we know, ethical reasons might be important to the production line manager. Choice C, referring to all workers in the company, is too broad. The production line manager only speaks about production line workers. Choice D is outside the scope of this discussion. We don’t know what the production line manager thinks of the competitive position of the company. We don’t even know what the production line manager thinks of the standards. Choice E: The production line manager most likely is even less concerned with issues that aren’t job-related. The production line manager might want that money reallocated away from satisfaction projects altogether.