Exam 2: Managing Work Flows and Conducting Job Analysis

In Herzberg's theory of motivation,hygiene factors are:

Which of the following is a motivator,according to Herzberg?

Alyssa finds a job description for an interesting retail position.The job description indicates exactly what department of the store she would be responsible for and what her duties would be.The ad describes good opportunities for advancement within the retail area,so she could become the managing retail director for her department.However,she would not be able to move into finance or production.This is an example of which organizational strategy?

According to job characteristics theory,higher levels of autonomy and specific managerial feedback will improve employee job satisfaction and motivation.

Cheap Shoes manufactures a line of inexpensive shoes.The firm uses a defender strategy,which means the most effective structure for them involves:

A company is involved in business process reengineering when it is:

Additional Case 2.2 You are the HR manager at Steel City, Inc., a firm that is considering going global in its product line and markets. The president realizes that this may require a reorganization. She wants to move into new international markets with minimum time and effort. She also wants to reduce management overhead and labor costs. At the same time, employees have been complaining about their work. Jobs are repetitive, and employees don't know how their work fits into the big picture. The president wants to provide employees with satisfying work, autonomy, and a performance-based pay system. She wants to give them as much control as possible and remove layers of management. -Refer to Additional Case 2.2.The best organizational design match for Steel City would most likely be a:

________ are workers hired to deal with temporary increases in an organization's workload or to do work that is not part of its core set of capabilities.

Which of the following has the LEAST influence on job design?

What is the difference between work-flow analysis and job analysis? How do both processes benefit an organization?

A team-based job design would work best for a business under what circumstances?

If a company is using a prospector business strategy,its market is stable,its product is mature,and it wants to increase market share by "digging" for new customers with new products.

According to job characteristics theory,jobs with certain core characteristics are more likely to:

Special-purpose teams typically consist of managers from one department who gather to examine a complex issue.

Your production lines make a standardized product.Efficiency is critical to your production costs.The majority of production line tasks are mechanical and repetitive.Which of the following would be most appropriate?

Which of the following suggests that employee motivation depends on the fit between personal abilities and job requirements?

What is the primary reason for training SMT members in many different technical areas?

A company would most likely adopt a boundaryless organizational structure if management wants to:

Shamekwa believes that employees are motivated by their work,sense of achievement,responsibilities,and advancement opportunities.Shamekwa's thinking is most compatible with the:

The choice of a prospector strategy for a business would be most appropriate when a firm: