Elaine Is Very Good at What She Does, but She

question 39

Multiple Choice

Elaine is very good at what she does, but she is constantly stressed by internal deadlines assigned to co-workers, obligatory meetings, and time lost in unrelated idle cubicle chatter. Today, after a meeting with her supervisor, she has been given more responsibility for her work, is able to set her own deadlines, decline attendance to various department meetings, and telecommute two days a week. Elaine's boss is using which of the following organizational strategies to reduce her stress?

• A) organizational development
• B) organizational communication
• C) employee involvement
• D) process reengineering
• E) job redesign

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