Eric Works with a Team That Includes Production Workers as Well

question 94

Multiple Choice

Eric works with a team that includes production workers as well as marketing specialists to design the latest products the company was planning to offer. This implies ________.

• A) the company is becoming more centralized
• B) that Eric's job responsibilities have been reduced
• C) the company is becoming more mechanistic
• D) that Eric is a part of a cross-functional team

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Definitions:

Workplace Democracy

refers to a variety of arrangements intended to increase employees' involvement in decision-making and management of their working environments for more equitable and responsive workplaces.

Wagner Act

A foundational piece of labor legislation in the United States passed in 1935 that established the rights of workers to unionize and to engage in collective bargaining with employers.

Social Security Act

1935 law that created the Social Security system with provisions for a retirement pension, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and public assistance (welfare).

Pensions

Regular payments made during a person's retirement from an investment fund to which that person or their employer has contributed during their working life.