By Restructuring the Organization, HR Can Contribute to the Improvement

question 34

Multiple Choice

By restructuring the organization, HR can contribute to the improvement of organizational productivity. Which of the following approaches to improving productivity is not considered to be an organizational restructure?

• A)eliminating layers of management
• B)reducing staff
• C)changing reporting relationships
• D)re-shaping jobs due to technology changes

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Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

External Locus of Control

A belief that one's successes or failures result from external factors beyond one's control.

Rotter

Julian B. Rotter, a psychologist known for his work on locus of control, a theory about how people perceive the source of life events and outcomes as either within themselves or externally.

Big Five Model

A psychological theory that describes human personality through five broad dimensions: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.