What Should Supervisors Do to Ensure That Employees Understand Objectives

question 57

Multiple Choice

What should supervisors do to ensure that employees understand objectives and consider them achievable?

• A) Supervisors should involve the employees in the goal-setting process.
• B) Supervisors should involve the top managers in the goal-setting process.
• C) The objectives should be more specific at higher levels of the organization.
• D) The objectives should be less challenging to stimulate employees to do their best.

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Definitions:

Fixed-Interval Schedules

A type of operant conditioning reinforcement schedule where rewards are delivered at fixed intervals of time, provided the correct response is made.

Cognitive Maps

Mental representations of physical locations, helping individuals to navigate and understand spatial environments.

Cognitive Processes

Mental activities involved in the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of knowledge, including perception, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving.

Classical Conditioning

Learning via the association between a stimulus present in the environment and one that occurs naturally.