What Has Been the Most Significant Impact of Modern Technology

question 67

Multiple Choice

What has been the most significant impact of modern technology on job analysis methods?

• A) The Internet has enabled the Department of Labor to update data in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles to reflect trends in the high-tech industry.
• B) Extensive use of the Internet by HR managers enables more people to telecommute from locations far from corporate headquarters.
• C) Corporate use of the Internet and intranet has enabled HR managers to distribute and collect job analysis surveys to employees in multiple geographic locations.
• D) Worker functions have changed as a result of modern technology, so the DOL procedure for data collection has been modified and categories have been altered.
• E) The ability to falsify information on Internet surveys has led to an increase in interviews and observations by HR managers to collect accurate job analysis information.

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Definitions:

Income

The financial gain that an individual or business receives, typically through employment, investment, or business ventures.

Utility Function

A mathematical representation in economics that ranks preferences or satisfaction levels consumers receive from consuming goods and services.

Demand Function

A mathematical representation of the relationship between the quantity demanded of a good and its influencing factors, like price.

Cobb-Douglas

A type of production function used in economics to represent the relationship of an output to inputs, specifically capital and labor, with constants denoting the output elasticity of each input.