Acme Software (Scenario) Acme Software Is a U.S.-Based Maker of Software Products for Software

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Acme Software (Scenario)
Acme Software is a U.S.-based maker of software products for the health care industry. Recently Acme has been investigating whether it would be beneficial to internationalize some of its value-chain activities. Acme hires a consulting group to help determine which, if any, value-chain activities could be conducted abroad to promote business growth. The consulting group identifies two health care software development companies in India that could provide programming services at a lower cost than Acme's current expenditures for programming. In addition, the consultants conduct international market research that shows that German health care companies have a strong demand for the type of software that Acme offers.
-Which of the following would be most important for Acme to determine before outsourcing its programming services to India?

• A) What benefits have Indian companies gained historically from internationalizing their value-chain activities?
• B) Do Indian businesses outsource value-chain activities to Europe?
• C) Would the lower cost of outsourcing allow Acme to sustain a competitive advantage in its business operations?
• D) Is either of the Indian health care companies interested in moving their operations abroad?

Understand the concepts and applications of different job design techniques including job rotation, job enlargement, and job enrichment.

Recognize the principles and objectives of the job characteristics model developed by Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham.

Identify how Herzberg's two-factor theory applies to job motivation and distinguishes between hygiene factors and motivators.

Grasp the significance of industrial engineering approaches to job design, emphasizing efficiency and simplification.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Perspective

A psychological approach focusing on how people perceive, think, understand, and remember information.

Classical Conditioning

An educational method where connections are made between an external trigger and an innate response.

Environmental Stimulation

Environmental stimulation refers to the external factors and experiences that may affect an individual's sensory development and cognitive growth.

CS and US

In classical conditioning, CS stands for conditioned stimulus and US stands for unconditioned stimulus; together, they play critical roles in associative learning.