Chapter 18

Question 1

__ __ :

Or a written document outlining the job responsibilities, qualifications, and tasks needed for a job.

Developing Job Design

Answer 1

Job Design

Question 2

Scientific, Enlargment, Enrichment, OR Characteristic

The __ management approach to job design uses specific detail explanations for repetitive tasks to detail job responsibilities.

Developing Job Design

Answer 2

Scientific

Question 3

Scientific, Enlargment, Enrichment, OR Characteristic

Job __/Job rotation exposes employees to more work and task responsibility to help eliminate boredom.

Developing Job Design

Answer 3

Enlargement

Question 4

Scientific, Enlargment, Enrichment, OR Characteristic

Job __ :

Provides employees with vertical job challenges to help train them for the next position.

Developing Job Design

Answer 4

Job Enrichment

Question 5

Scientific, Enlargment, Enrichment, OR Characteristic

Job __ Theory :

Focuses on a person-fit idea for job design. The individual’s personality, behaviors, and task accomplishments are all taken under consideration to describe the perfect fit for the job.

Developing Job Design

Answer 5

Charateristic

Question 6

__ approaches to job design can help improve employee motivation and productivity.

Answer 6

Behavioral

Question 7

What are the four Behavioral Approaches for job design? :
1. Job __
2. Job Characteristic
3. __ Teams
4. Modified __ Schedule

Answer 7

1. Enrichment
2. Autonomous Teams
3. Modified Work Schedule

Question 8

Modified Work Schedule, Autonomous, Erichment, OR Characteristic

Job __ is an approach where specialized tasks are assembled together as one, so the employee has responsibility to complete the product from beginning to end.

Answer 8

Job Enrichment

Question 9

Modified Work Schedule, Autonomous, Erichment, OR Characteristic

Job __ approach takes into account that job characteristics affect the overall design process.

Answer 9

Characteristic

Question 10

Modified Work Schedule, Autonomous, Erichment, OR Characteristic

__ teams is where a group of employees brainstorm and work together to solve problems and implement solutions.

Answer 10

Autonomous Teams

Question 11

Modified Work Schedule, Autonomous, Erichment, OR Characteristic

__ work schedule, which consists of flexible hours, locations, and work weeks.

Answer 11

Modified Work Schedule

Question 12

__ __ processing (SIP) is a job design model where significant job factors depend on interpersonal views, or what others tell an employee about the job.

Answer 12

Social Information Processing

Question 13

Co-Workers, Outsiders, Interal-Self, OR Employers Views?

What part of the SIP process does this describe?

This means that employees pay attention to what other people perceive about their job.

Answer 13

Co-Workers Views

Question 14

Co-Workers, Outsiders, Interal-Self, OR Employers Views?

What part of the SIP process does this describe?

(or other people) Help employees judge what is important about their jobs.

Answer 14

Outsiders Views

Question 15

Co-Workers, Outsiders, Interal-Self, OR Employers Views?

What part of the SIP process does this describe?

Means that people tell employees how to view their jobs.

Answer 15

Internal Self Views

Question 16

Co-Workers, Outsiders, Interal-Self, OR Employers Views?

What part of the SIP process does this describe?

This view concerns itself with how people’s positive and negative comments helps employees understand and view their jobs.

Answer 16

Employer’s Views

Question 17

An Inter__ approach to job design provides the manager different alternatives to job design based on different disciplines.

Answer 17

Interdiciplinary

Question 18

What are the four different interdiciplinary approaches to job design?

1. Mechanistic Approach
2. __ Approach (AKA Industrial Psychology)
3. Biological Approach
4. __-__ Approach (AKA Experimental Psychology)

Answer 18

2. Motivational Approach
3. Perceptual-Motor Approach

Question 19

Biological, Motivational, Mechanistic, OR Perceptual-Motor Approach?

The __ approach is based on scientific management work simplification so jobs are looked at based on tasks and repetitive movements.

Answer 19

Mechanistic

Question 20

Biological, Motivational, Mechanistic, OR Perceptual-Motor Approach?

The __ approach explains that certain job dimensions, such as skill, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback, all provide psychological benefits in employees that lead to motivation.

Answer 20

Motivational

Question 21

Biological, Motivational, Mechanistic, OR Perceptual-Motor Approach?

The __ approach essentially focuses on the physical factors of the job, such as lifting, physical exertion, and muscle power.

Answer 21

Biological

Question 22

Biological, Motivational, Mechanistic, OR Perceptual-Motor Approach?

The the __-__ approach deals with employees’ interaction with equipment and technology.

Answer 22

Perceptual-Motor Approach

Question 23

Biological, Motivational, Mechanistic, OR Perceptual-Motor Approach?

What job design approach is also known as the Experimental Psychology Approach?

Answer 23

Perceptual-Motor Approach

Question 24

Biological, Motivational, Mechanistic, OR Perceptual-Motor Approach?

Which job design approach is also known as the Industrial Psychology Approach?

Answer 24

Motivational Approach