Ben Is Unemployed, but He Is Currently in a Training

question 226

Multiple Choice

Ben is unemployed, but he is currently in a training program designed to increase the skills he needs to perform the kinds of jobs that are available. Ben is experiencing ________ unemployment.

• A) frictional
• B) seasonal
• C) cyclical
• D) structural
• E) none of these

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Definitions:

Interdependency

The mutual dependence between entities or systems, where they rely on each other for functioning or survival.

Orders

Instructions or commands given by someone in authority.

Biocratic Control

A form of control characteristic of post-Fordist organizations in which the focus is on capturing “life itself” (bios) by erasing the distinction between work and life.