Refer to the Scenario Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 17

Multiple Choice

Refer to the scenario below to answer the following questions.
Core Job Characteristics at JCM Corp. (Scenario)
JCM Corporation's management believes their employees could be more motivated by their jobs. The jobs were recently enlarged and some improvements in motivation have been observed.
-Most jobs at JCM were redesigned to allow the employees to complete a whole and identifiable piece of work. This describes __________, a core dimension of the job characteristics model.

• A) skill variety
• B) task identity
• C) task significance
• D) task completion
• E) autonomy

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Definitions:

Product-oriented Layout

An arrangement of resources in a production environment where machinery and equipment are organized according to the sequence of operations required to produce a particular product efficiently.

Sugar Beets

Sugar beets are a root vegetable typically cultivated in temperate climates for the production of sugar, containing a high concentration of sucrose.

Assembly Line Balancing

The process of assigning tasks to workstations, so that each has a similar amount of work and the production process is as efficient as possible.

Cycle Time

The total time from the beginning to the end of a process, indicating the speed at which a product moves through a production system.