Digital Technology Impact

Which of the following is a flexible working practice?

• Full-time

• Overtime

• Night shifts

• Weekend work

What is the practice of two people sharing one full-time job called?

• Job share

• Part-time

• Flexi-time

• Hot-desking

Which practice is most likely to involve variable working hours?

• Flexi-time

• Full-time

• Part-time

• Zero hour contracts

What does outsourcing tasks to other organisations involve?

• Hiring more employees

• Delegating tasks internally

• Assigning tasks to external organizations

• Reducing the number of tasks

What is one reason employers use flexible contracts?

• To increase employee salaries

• To cover periods of boom, slump, and holidays

• To reduce the number of employees

• To eliminate training programs

Which arrangement allows employees to vary their start and finish times?

• Job share

• Flexi-time

• Teleworking

• Hot-desking

Which arrangement allows employees to work away from the office using telecommunications?

• Hot-desking

• Career Break

• Teleworking

• Condensed working hours

Which environment is described as potentially isolating?

• Office

• Homeworking

• Both office and homeworking

• Neither office nor homeworking

What can motivate employees more in an office setting?

• Isolation

• Social interaction

• Lack of communication

• Flexible hours

How does a positive work environment affect employee attendance?

• Increases absences

• Reduces absences

• Has no effect

• Causes more sick leaves