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WorksheetsJob Design and Work Teams
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Granting employees power to initiate change, thereby encouraging them to take charge of what they do is called
Job Rotation
Employee engagement
Empowerment
Enrichment
A field of study concerned with analyzing work methods and establishing time standards.
Ergonomics
Industrial engineering
Empowerment
Enrichment
A flexible working hours that permit employees the option of choosing daily starting and quitting times, provided that they work a set number of hours per day or week.
Compressed work week
Job sharing
Telecommuting
Flextime
Enhancing a job by adding more meaningful tasks and duties (vertical expansion) to make the work more rewarding or satisfying is called ________
Job sharing
Job enrichment
Job enhancement
Job enlargement
____________________ is a group with widely dispersed members linked together through computer and telecommunications technology.
Virtual teams
Self-directed teams
Project teams
Cross-functional teams
__________________ is a job design approach that focuses on designing equipment and systems so that work gets done efficiently and does not compromise the physical well-being of the employee.
Industrial engineering
Empowerment
Enrichment
Ergonomics
________________________ is an empowerment technique that allows employees to mold their tasks to fit their individual strengths,passions, and motives better
Job rotation
Job enlargement
Job enrichment
Job crafting
________________________ is a group of highly trained individuals performing a set of interdependant job tasks within a natural work unit.
Self-directed teams
Virtual teams
Cross-functional teams
Project teams
The following are advantages to job sharing EXCEPT:
Suits to families where one or both spouses desire to work only part-time
Suits older workers willing to phase into retirement by shortening workweek
Increased productivity in terms of reduced wasted office time
Limits layoffs in hard economic times
The following are disadvantages of telecommuting EXCEPT:
Employees may lack the self-discipline to work at home
Increases stress experienced due to exhausting long workdays
Employees lack of face to face interaction with one another on a regular basis
Employees who are denied telecommuting feel discriminated and resent telecommuters
Which of the following is NOT one of five core job dimensions related to psychological states?
Skill variety
Task identity
Task significance
Task isolation
Job enrichment is touted as helping employees with _______.
self-esteem and job satisfaction
dissatisfaction with pay
employment security
dissatisfaction with benefits
____ is the process of adding a greater variety of tasks to a job.
Job enrichment
Job enlargement
Job rotation
Workplace expansion
____ refers to a situation in which workers are enthusiastic and immersed in their work to the degree that it improves the performance of their companies.
Dejobbing
Job crafting
Employment engagement
Empowerment
To achieve empowerment, organizations must encourage participation, innovation, access to information, and ____.
accountability
feedback
responsibility
training
Analyzing the elements in a work cycle that make up a particular job activity and determining the time required to complete each element is called _______.
job analysis
human engineering
job design
industrial engineering
