Describe a Selection Procedure for Choosing Team Members in an Aircraft

question 39

Essay

Describe a selection procedure for choosing team members in an aircraft manufacturing plant that uses "cellular manufacturing" (work teams + business process reengineering + total quality management).
a.What characteristics (KSAs) would you use for selection criteria?
b.Who would make the selection decisions?
c.How would the selection decisions be made?

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Definitions:

Optimum Interstimulus Interval

The ideal time gap between the presentation of a conditioned stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus for effective associative learning to occur.

Knee-Jerk Reflex

A reflexive action produced by a sharp tap on the tendons just below the kneecap, demonstrating the patellar reflex.

CS

Stands for Conditioned Stimulus, which is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

UCS

Unconditioned Stimulus, an aspect of classical conditioning; a stimulus that naturally triggers a reflexive or unconditioned response without prior learning.