Managers use job design when they suspect that the type of work employees are performing, or the characteristics of the work environment are causing motivational problems. This activity is important because managers need to understand how to properly align job characteristics with desired employee work outcomes. The goal of this activity is to challenge your knowledge of the basic components of the job characteristics model. Match each item to the core job characteristic that it describes. 1 Autonomy 2 Skill variety Match each of the options above to the items below. 3 Task identity The extent to which a job requires a person to use a wide range of different skills and abilities Task significance The extent to which a job requires a worker to perform all the tasks needed to complete the job from beginning to end The extent to which a job affects the lives of other people, whether inside or outside the organization 5 Feedback The extent to which a job allows an employee to make choices about scheduling different tasks and deciding how to perform them The extent to which workers receive clear, direct information about how well they are performing the job