Question : 41) Your production lines make a standardized product. Efficiency critical : 1346180

41) Your production lines make a standardized product. Efficiency is critical to your production costs. The majority of production line tasks are mechanical and repetitive. Which of the following would be most appropriate?

A) Job enrichment

B) Job rotation

C) Work simplification

D) Team-based job design

42) Which of the following would most likely increase as a result of work simplification?

A) Costs

B) Turnover

C) Satisfaction

D) Skill variety

43) Which of the following is an example of job enrichment?

A) Reducing specialized tasks by combining them and giving employees more narrowly defined tasks to perform

B) Expanding the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the job by giving an employee responsibility for the whole production

C) Dividing employees into self-managing teams that perform several different tasks and have complete responsibility for the entire production process

D) Matching employees to the job by examining their needs and skills and the specific job characteristics

44) Your relatively flat organization is moving toward a boundaryless structure. Layers of management have been reduced to a minimum. You want employees to be self-managing, to perform several different tasks, and to take complete responsibility for the entire production process. ________ would be your best choice as you implement a job redesign program.

A) Work simplification

B) Team-based job designs

C) Flexible work designs

D) Job enrichment

45) A team-based job design would work best for a business under what circumstances?

A) The business has a bureaucratic organization structure.

B) The business has a flat and boundaryless structure.

C) The business maintains a strong defender strategy.

D) The business is considering a move toward goal-setting theory.

46) The basic element of work that is a logical and necessary step to perform a job is a:

A) duty.

B) task.

C) responsibility.

D) job description.

47) Which of the following is a term used to describe one or several duties that identify and describe the major purpose for the job’s existence?

A) Responsibility

B) Work

C) Position

D) Task

48) Which question would most likely be answered by a job analysis?

A) What machines are required for the job?

B) What job design method is best for the position?

C) What recruiting methods are used for filling the job?

D) What performance appraisal system is used to evaluate the job?

49) Cecilia is observing assembly line workers performing their tasks. She’s watching to see who they interact with, what machines they use, and how much they are supervised. Cecilia is most likely conducting a:

A) work flow analysis.

B) performance appraisal.

C) job redesign.

D) job analysis.

50) Job analysis is helpful to HR professionals in performing which of the following tasks?

A) Establishing an HRIS

B) Developing a budget

C) Designing a benefit plan

D) Recruiting employees