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Job Design and Work Teams

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Granting employees power to initiate change, thereby encouraging them to take charge of what they do is called

a)

Job Rotation

b)

Employee engagement

c)

Empowerment

d)

Enrichment

2.

A field of study concerned with analyzing work methods and establishing time standards.

a)

Ergonomics

b)

Industrial engineering

c)

Empowerment

d)

Enrichment

3.

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.

a)

Compressed work week

b)

Job sharing

c)

Telecommuting

d)

Flextime

4.

Enhancing a job by adding more meaningful tasks and duties (vertical expansion) to make the work more rewarding or satisfying is called ________

a)

Job sharing

b)

Job enrichment

c)

Job enhancement

d)

Job enlargement

5.

____________________ is a group with widely dispersed members linked together through computer and telecommunications technology.

a)

Virtual teams

b)

Self-directed teams

c)

Project teams

d)

Cross-functional teams

6.

__________________ 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.

a)

Industrial engineering

b)

Empowerment

c)

Enrichment

d)

Ergonomics

7.

________________________ is an empowerment technique that allows employees to mold their tasks to fit their individual strengths,passions, and motives better

a)

Job rotation

b)

Job enlargement

c)

Job enrichment

d)

Job crafting

8.

________________________ is a group of highly trained individuals performing a set of interdependant job tasks within a natural work unit.

a)

Self-directed teams

b)

Virtual teams

c)

Cross-functional teams

d)

Project teams

9.

The following are advantages to job sharing EXCEPT:

a)

Suits to families where one or both spouses desire to work only part-time

b)

Suits older workers willing to phase into retirement by shortening workweek

c)

Increased productivity in terms of reduced wasted office time

d)

Limits layoffs in hard economic times

10.

The following are disadvantages of telecommuting EXCEPT:

a)

Employees may lack the self-discipline to work at home

b)

Increases stress experienced due to exhausting long workdays

c)

Employees lack of face to face interaction with one another on a regular basis

d)

Employees who are denied telecommuting feel discriminated and resent telecommuters

11.

Which of the following is NOT one of five core job dimensions related to psychological states?

a)

Skill variety

b)

Task identity

c)

Task significance

d)

Task isolation

12.

Job enrichment is touted as helping employees with _______.

a)

self-esteem and job satisfaction

b)

dissatisfaction with pay

c)

employment security

d)

dissatisfaction with benefits

13.

____ is the process of adding a greater variety of tasks to a job.

a)

Job enrichment

b)

Job enlargement

c)

Job rotation

d)

Workplace expansion

14.

____ 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.

a)

Dejobbing

b)

Job crafting

c)

Employment engagement

d)

Empowerment

15.

To achieve empowerment, organizations must encourage participation, innovation, access to information, and ____.

a)

accountability

b)

feedback

c)

responsibility

d)

training

16.

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 _______.

a)

job analysis

b)

human engineering

c)

job design

d)

industrial engineering