This activity is important because agile work environments can improve job satisfaction according to the job characteristics theory. Agile work environments allow employees to choose the best place and time to accomplish their work, giving them more responsibility. An agile workspace has a more open layout to encourage collaboration and free movement, focusing on accomplishing work rather than on separate tasks.

The goal of this exercise is to demonstrate your understanding by matching job characteristics to facts about agile work environments.

Read each statement and match it with the type of stressor.

Read each statement and match it with the type of stressor 1 Autonomy 2 Task Variety 3 Task Significance 4 Copy Machine 5 Task Identity Match each of the options above to the items below. Employees have different skills and abilities so that they can perform more types of tasks. The workflow doesn't stop when one employee is gone Open office spaces encourage employees to meet coworkers and to see how products are made, start to finish. Customers are invited to the workplace to meet employees and talk about their needs, wants, and suggestions for products. Employees decide for themselves where and when they will work, depending on what type of workspace they need for that particular task. A copy machine repair employee can see the machine functioning properly after she fixes it