Exam 14: Work Design

The engineering approach produces and :

Which of the following place constraints on job enrichment interventions?

Counselor, or facilitator, would be a more appropriate title than self-managed work group leader.

Successful work designs reward seniority and "company loyalty."

Which is not a principle of sociotechnical systems design?

Job enrichment always increases employee satisfaction.

When implementing job enrichment, vertical loading increases

Which is not a core dimension of jobs?

Which statement is "true" of the sociotechnical approach to work design?

Which is not a characteristic of traditional jobs?

Traditional jobs that show little need for worker cooperation are characterized as

When technical interdependence is low and uncertainty is high, and where people have low social needs yet high growth needs, which work design would you recommend?

Discuss sociotechnical systems theory and contrast it with the open systems theories of organization development?

Discuss the technical and personal-need factors that affect work design success?

There is little evidence to support job enrichment programs.

Which quality (ies) are common for people with high growth needs?

"Vertical loading" of a job results in combined tasks and increased autonomy.

Which of the following best describes work designs that incorporate sociotechnical systems?

Professional work that requires high levels of employee self-control usually involves low degrees of technical uncertainty.

Which statement is not characteristic of self-managed work groups?