Job Design and HRM Quiz

Job design primarily means

• Organizing tasks, duties, responsibilities into one job

• Scheduling shifts for existing jobs

• Benchmarking pay across firms

• Mapping the company structure

Which set lists the job design factors?

• Organizational, Environmental, Behavioral

• Financial, Legal, Cultural

• Strategic, Tactical, Operational

• Technical, Political, Ethical

In the diagram, what follows Job Design?

• Productive and satisfying job

• Strategic planning cycle

• Recruitment and selection

• Training and appraisal

The feedback arrow loops back to

• The factors influencing job design

• The payroll and benefits desk

• Customer service workflow

• The external labor market

Job Rotation is best described as

• Periodic movement among tasks or positions

• Adding similar-level tasks to a role

• Giving more autonomy and accountability

• Splitting one job into micro steps

Job Enlargement means

• Adding more tasks at the same responsibility level

• Moving staff between roles on a schedule

• Delegating key decisions to the jobholder

• Outsourcing noncore duties to vendors

Job Enrichment focuses on

• Greater autonomy, feedback, learning, accountability

• More tasks with unchanged responsibility

• Faster rotation across departments

• Tighter supervision and detailed rules

On the comparison chart, which shows highest impact and complexity?

• Socio-technical systems

• Job enrichment

• Job engineering

• Job rotation

On the chart, which has lowest impact and complexity?

• Job rotation

• Job enlargement

• Job enrichment

• Job engineering

Which is listed as a contemporary job design issue?

• Telecommuting

• Brand repositioning

• Equity financing

• Office relocation