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Industrial Engineers Study Work Cycles to Determine Which Job Elements

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Industrial engineers study work cycles to determine which job elements can be combined, modified, or eliminated to reduce the overall time needed to perform the task. Task specialization was suggested as a key strategy to improve efficiency. Which of the following industries is best-suited to task specialization?


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Reciprocal Determinism

A concept in psychology that suggests a person's behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment.

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A learning process in which a natural response becomes triggered by a previously neutral stimulus by repeatedly associating it with a stimulus that automatically triggers that response.

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The state of agreement or harmony between objects, ideas, or values.

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