At Chevrolet, Teams of Workers Make Their Own Job Assignments

question 65

Multiple Choice

At Chevrolet, teams of workers make their own job assignments, plan their own work, control their material and inventory needs, and select new team members. This is an example of job

• A) switching.
• B) redesign.
• C) enrichment.
• D) sharing.
• E) rotation.

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Definitions:

Transactive Memory System

A collective memory system within a group where members efficiently encode, store, and retrieve knowledge distributed among them.

Training

The process of teaching or learning a particular skill or behavior through practice and instruction over a period.

Team Effectiveness

The degree to which a team achieves its objectives, fulfills the requirements of its members, and sustains its survival and functionality over time.

Common Information Effect

The Common Information Effect is a group dynamic phenomenon where members tend to focus and give more importance to information that everyone in the group knows, rather than unique data held by few.