Suppose That a Manager Decides to Experiment with Making Changes

question 247

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a manager decides to experiment with making changes in his employees' working environment to see if morale increases.Based on what we have learned from the "Hawthorne effect" which of the following is most likely to result?

• A)The employees will be annoyed at any of the changes made.
• B)One of the possible environmental changes will work much better than others.
• C)The changes will have no effect because the source of the employees' morale problems likely comes from elsewhere.
• D)No environmental changes will be possible in his team's work environment due to the nature of their work.
• E)His employees will increase their productivity regardless of which changes are made.

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