John Was Recently Given 6 Additional Tasks

question 2

Multiple Choice

John was recently given 6 additional tasks. Instead of performing only 2 tasks that he used to, now John is required to perform 8 total tasks. This is an example of which of these?

• A) Job simplification
• B) Sociotechnical system of structural change
• C) Reciprocal interdependence
• D) Job enlargement
• E) Job rotation

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Definitions:

Environmental Stimulus

A change in the environment that elicits a response from an organism.

Sign Stimulus

Any stimulus that elicits a fixed action pattern in an animal.

Sign Stimulus

An external sensory cue that triggers a fixed action pattern in an organism, an innate response to a specific stimulus.

Dutch Ethologist

A Dutch ethologist is a scientist from the Netherlands who studies animal behavior through observational and experimental methods.