A Compressed Workweek Is

question 37

Multiple Choice

A compressed workweek is:

• A)a system that allows employees to choose their starting and ending times as long as they are at work during a specified core time.
• B)when two people do one job.
• C)when a company shortens the work hours through the week to avoid layoffs.
• D)a system that allows employees to choose to work part of a week from home.
• E)a four-day or shorter period in which employees work 40 hours.

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Definitions:

Lewin's Force Field Analysis

A conceptual framework for analyzing the factors (forces) that influence a situation, identifying those that support a particular goal (driving forces) and those that oppose it (restraining forces).

Restraining Forces

Factors that resist or oppose change within an organization, hindering its progress and adaptation.

Driving Forces

Factors that actively contribute to the movement, change, or development of certain processes or outcomes.

Unfreezing

The initial phase in the change process where existing behaviors, attitudes, or norms are challenged and destabilized.