Manpower Displacement Through Automation

question 59

Multiple Choice

Manpower displacement through automation:

• A)Is considered a benefit through cost/benefit analysis
• B)Should be a concern of management
• C)Is the goal of proper engineering
• D)Seldom results in termination of employees

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Definitions:

Personality Characteristics

Traits and qualities that describe an individual's consistent behaviors, thoughts, and feelings.

Stable

Characterizing something that is unchanging, consistent, or not easily disturbed or upset over time.

Actor-observer Effect

The tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes while attributing other people's behaviors to their internal characteristics.

External

Outside of or existing beyond the self or the entity it refers to, often used in contrast with internal.