Effective Teams and Flexible,cross-Functional Work Is Increasingly Important to the Success

question 41

Multiple Choice

Effective teams and flexible,cross-functional work is increasingly important to the success of organizations.This is causing companies in the U.S.to

• A)Abandon work analysis altogether and let employees direct their own work on a day-to-day basis.
• B)Have dual job descriptions, one that is a valid representation of the work, and the other that is used if the company is sued.
• C)Become entrenched and create job descriptions that are even more detailed and specific in terms of skills and tasks for a particular job.
• D)Complete work analysis and consider aggregating the information at the unit or functional level
• E)Utilize the data derived from work analysis to develop a compensation system, however, the data is not used to communicate to employees.

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