In Which of the Following Situations Would a Job Design

question 97

Multiple Choice

In which of the following situations would a job design be recommended?

• A) New technology has drastically changed the way that work is done in a manufacturing plant shop floor and employees are finding there is a lot more spare time.
• B) Due to a recent change in upper management and benefit policies, several hundred highly skilled employees have recently left the organization and moved to a competitor.
• C) The culture of the organization is deemed by an external consultant to be "stagnant" and in need of a change.
• D) Members of the organization are trying to form a union.

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Definitions:

Assimilation

The cognitive process of fitting new information into pre-existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understanding.

Circular Reaction

A repetitive action that achieves a desired outcome, often seen in the developmental stages of infants as they learn to interact with their environment.

Cognitive Schema

A mental structure that represents some aspect of the world, organizing categories of information and the relationships among them, aiding in understanding and predicting the world.

First Habits

The initial routine behaviors or practices that individuals develop, which can form the foundation for later patterns of behavior.