What Is One Reason Why SME Ratings on Job Analyses

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is one reason why SME ratings on job analyses tend to have low reliability?

• A)SMEs tend to be poorly trained.
• B)Job crafting has led to more flexibility in jobs, so jobs that are supposed to be the same look quite different.
• C)SMEs fail to understand their jobs fully.
• D)SMEs prevent their attitudes from influencing their ratings of their own current job.

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Definitions:

Average Product

The output produced per unit of a resource employed, calculated by dividing total product by the quantity of the resource used.

Labor

The application of human mental and physical endeavors in the manufacture of products and provision of services.

Fixed Input

Resource in production that cannot be changed in the short term, such as buildings and machinery.

Long Run

A period in which all factors of production and costs are variable, allowing for full adjustment to any change in market conditions.