Question 2(0.5 points)

The choice between specialized and broad task assignments depends on

Question 2 options:

A)

the principle of comparative advantage to increase the output level.

B)

the principle of separation of decision management and control.

C)

technological, informational, and incentive issues.

D)

politicking and other influencing activities carried on within an organization.

Question 3(0.5 points)

To help with motivation, long-term productivity, and retention, firms with internal labor markets tend to offer all of the followingexcept

Question 3 options:

A)

benchmark competitive wages.

B)

internally based promotion systems.

C)

efficiency wages.

D)

pay based on job seniority.

Question 4(0.5 points)

The gains from general training in human capital tend to go to the

Question 4 options:

A)

federal government in the form of higher taxes.

B)

employing firm and not to the individual.

C)

parents since they paid for the education in the first place.

D)

individual and not to the employing firm.

Question 5(0.5 points)

Matrix organizations may

Question 5 options:

A)

decrease influence costs.

B)

reduce functional supervision.

C)

increase influence costs.

D)

reduce employee focus on the overall business.

Question 6(0.5 points)

Alfred Chandler, the noted business historian, indicated that "the administrative load of the senior executives increased to such an extent that they were unable to handle their entrepreneurial responsibilities efficiently." He was speaking of the

Question 6 options:

A)

matrix form of business organization.

B)

Mform of business organization.

C)

Uform of business organization.

D)

mixed design.

Question 7(0.5 points)

Two tasks are said to be ________ if performing more of one task increases the benefit or reduces the cost of performing another task.

Question 7 options:

A)

substitutes

B)

bundled

C)

complements

D)

flexible

Question 8(0.5 points)

One of the benefits of the Hay System is that it can be used to

Question 8 options:

A)

determine the optimal mix of salary and fringe benefits.

B)

determine the level of compensating wage differentials in risky jobs.

C)

assign a position to each job within a firm's hierarchy.

D)

assign a task to each employee on the basis of seniority.

Starting from the 1990s, there was a significant shift toward

Question 9 options:

A)

granting employees broader decision authority and more specialized functions.

B)

granting employees narrower decision authority and more specialized functions.

C)

granting employees broader decision authority and less specialized functions.

D)

granting employees narrower decision authority and less specialized functions.

Question 10(0.5 points)

In Mexico, many garment or tailoring shops found they could entice many young people to work for them if they offered clean, air-conditioned work areas with high-quality locker rooms to clean up in after the workday. Typically, traditional garment shops had to offer ________ to get workers to apply for the hard, repetitive, and somewhat dangerous work.

Question 10 options:

A)

benchmark competitive wages

B)

monopoly wages

C)

wages based on human capital development of each employee

D)

compensating differentials