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The potential disadvantages of job simplification


1. The potential advantages of job simplification include all of the following EXCEPT: 
a) increasing operating efficiency by reducing the number of skills required to do a job. 
b) being able to hire low-cost labor. 
c) keeping the needs for job training to a minimum. 
d) emphasizing the accomplishment of repetitive tasks. 
e) increased employee turnover. 



2. The potential disadvantages of job simplification include all of the following EXCEPT: 
a) loss of efficiency in the face of lower quality. 
b) reduction in the skills required to perform a job. 
c) higher turnover rates. 
d) higher absenteeism rates. 
e) demand for higher wages to compensate for unappealing jobs. 

 

3. Sometimes called horizontal loading, __________ increases job breadth by having the worker perform more and different tasks, but all at the same level of responsibility and challenge. 
a) job enrichment. 
b) job reengineering. 
c) job embellishment. 
d) job enlargement. 
e) job simplification. 

 

4. Which of the following statements about job rotation is correct? Job rotation ____________. 
a) standardizes job tasks and employs people in very routine jobs. 
b) increases job content by giving workers more responsibility for planning and evaluating duties. 
c) increases job variety by adding new tasks of similar diff to a job. 
d) increases task variety by shifting workers among jobs involving tasks of similar difficulty. 
e) defines job tasks and the work arrangements to accomplish them. 


5. According to Frederick Herzberg, all of the following actions will increase job depth and thereby lead to an enriched job EXCEPT 
a) decreasing performance accountability. 
b) helping workers become task experts. 
c) providing performance feedback. 
d) increasing performance accountability. 
e) maximizing job freedom. 





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