Employees at CyberTech Perform Repetitive Jobs That Has Resulted in Boredom

question 191

Multiple Choice

Employees at CyberTech perform repetitive jobs that has resulted in boredom as well as repetitive strain injury. Technology makes it difficult to combine existing jobs, but the company wants to make employees more multi-skilled. Which of the following would best help CyberTech to improve this situation?

• A)Introduce a gainsharing plan for all production employees.
• B)Introduce job specialization.
• C)Introduce job rotation.
• D)Introduce job enrichment by having each employee produce the entire product rather than a small part of it.
• E)Encourage employees to engage in mental imagery.

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