Which Statement Is True of Employee Empowerment

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true of employee empowerment?

• A) Proper training must be provided only to supervisors so that they can exert their wider authority.
• B) Managers should ensure that employees are not linked to resources outside the organization, such as customers.
• C) Employee empowerment shifts the recruiting focus away from cognitive and interpersonal skills toward general technical skills.
• D) Employee empowerment prevents holding employees accountable for the products and services they developed.
• E) Jobs must be designed to give employees the necessary latitude for making a variety of decisions.

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Definitions:

Foot-in-the-door Technique

A persuasion strategy that involves getting a person to agree to a large request by first setting them up to agree to a modest request.

Persuasion

The act of convincing someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of emotional appeal.

Peripheral Arguments

Arguments that persuade by appealing to emotions or superficial associations rather than logic or reason.

Persuasion

The act or process of convincing someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of emotional appeal.