Attempts: Average 1. Work and jobs "I started out as a paratrooper in the military. From there I became a consultant with Deloitte, and then the Vice President of HR at a small bank. Next I took over the People function at a large technology firm. Now I'm working at Liberty Mutual as their head of People Operations." What is the best term for what this statement is describing? TO A job An organizational position A career According to the Work Value Scales (WVS), what are the two basic work dimensions that are consistent across cultures? Check all that apply. Work contact Job content Work content problematic Job contest more effective When jobs are inflexible, they become Grade Type here to search o Attempts: Average: 12 4. Contemporary issues in job design Armitis helps potential customers of Rex's Rototill by talking with them on a chat line. This makes life easier for customers who don't have to come to a store to get answers to their questions. But Rex is concerned about because some of his best employees are being contacted by customers when they are not supposed to be working. Rex decides to implement a new computer system that will allow him to keep track of how much time each of his employees is spending on chat lines every day. What guidelines should Rex follow if he wants to be sure this system does not cause undue anxiety for his employees? Check all that apply. Workers should participate in the introduction of the monitoring system Pay should be tied directly to performance on the new system Performance records should be used to improve performance, not to punish the performer Performance standards should be seen as fair by workers I Save a Continue Continue without saving cotill by talking with them on a chat line. This makes life easier for customers who don't Rex is concerned about because some of his best er not supposed to be work technostress ystem that will allow him w if he wants to be sure th telecommuting me each of his employees is spendin Hue anxiety for his employees? Chec skill development e introduction of the monito alternative work patterns erformance on the new system 3. Alternative approaches to job design Use your knowledge of alternative approaches to job redesign to answer the following questions The social information processing model is based on which of the following premises Check at www. Other people provide cues we use to understand the work environment. Other people's positive and negative feedback helps us understand our feelings about our jobs. Other people help us to judge what is important in our jobs. Other people tell us how they see our jobs. Campion and Thayer looked at which of the following approaches to job redesign when developing their interdisciplina apply Perceptual Experiential Mechanistic Biological The Scandinavian system of work redesign emphasizes which of the following? Check all that apply Focusing on koey technological changes Achieving lean production goals Giving workers a high degree of control Having a good support system for workers The effort-reward imbalance model emphasizes which of the following? What happens when employees don't put in enough effort on the job to get rewards What happens when managers give employees rewards that they don't want What happens when employees do not have access to the latest technology What happens when work demands exceed what people get Save & Con Continue without saving Back to Asimet Attempts: Average: 17 2. Traditional approaches to job design Which of the following methods of job redesign give workers more to do without changing the basic level of what they do? Check that apply. Job enlargement Job enrichment Cross-training Job rotation