Adam Sears Is an Assembly Line Employee with Swenson Motors

question 53

Multiple Choice

Adam Sears is an assembly line employee with Swenson Motors. Though Adam is popular among his supervisors and colleagues, Adam experiences low morale and lack of motivation. He feels frustrated that his job is restricted to fixing nuts and bolts on the car parts. He fears that he has no chances of advancing in his career as he cannot completely assemble a car. Which of the following is true with regard to Adam?

• A) Adam's job has high task complexity.
• B) Adam's job has a high span of control.
• C) Adam's job has low role definition.
• D) Adam's job has low task identity.
• E) Adam's job has high task significance.

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Definitions:

Market Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the total quantity of a good or service that suppliers are willing and able to sell at different prices.

Producer Surplus

The difference between the amount that producers are willing and able to sell a good for and the actual amount they receive in the market.

Economic Rent

Income derived from the possession of a unique resource, exceeding that which is needed to keep the resource in its current employment.

Economic Profit

The profit from producing goods and services while considering both explicit and implicit costs, including opportunity costs.