According to Self-Determination Theory, What Would Be the Most Effective

question 10

Multiple Choice

According to self-determination theory, what would be the most effective way of creating autonomous motivation and improving performance?

• A) Create tasks and jobs that are outside of the employees' skills and interests to motivate them to do something different.
• B) Conduct job redesign to provide meaningful and interesting work.
• C) Provide clear external rewards (e.g., pay raise).
• D) Focus the employee's attention on a specific task, so you don't overwhelm them with too much information on the end product.

Distinguish between continuous process improvement and large, one-time improvements in business processes.

Understand various strategies to overcome resistance to change.

Understand the impact of environmental changes on traditional mass manufacturing methods and management since the early 1970s.

Identify and describe strategies for improving labor relations and workforce motivation, including gainsharing and labor-management partnerships.

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Definitions:

Optic Nerve

A cranial nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.

Retina

The light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye that converts light into neural signals, which are sent to the brain for visual recognition.

Visual Information

Data or knowledge acquired through the sense of sight.

Feature Detectors

Neurons in the brain that identify specific features of a stimulus, such as shape, angle, or movement.