Mgt 3023 : Motivation: From concepts to Applications

Which of the following is an example of a piece-rate plan?

$2 for each unit produced

In participative representation, what are board representatives?

Board representatives are employees who participate on a company's board of directors.

Which of the following is true about flextime in regard to different cultures?

In some countries, employers cannot refuse reasonable request for flextime.

Which of the following statements is true regarding job sharing?

It allows two or more individuals to split a traditional 40-hour-a-week job.

Which of the following tends to be a major downside of employees telecommuting for managers in an organization?

Reduced innovation

CalTrack Services has been facing employee-related issues like decreased productivity, low morale, and poor organizational commitment in recent times. At a meeting to discuss strategies to address these issues of immediate concern, Joe McEnroe, the production manager, proposed that the roles of employees working on key projects be enhanced to increase autonomy. He felt that this would enhance productivity, motivation, and accountability. Taking a cue from McEnroe, Paul Wilbur suggested job rotation as a solution to the problem they were facing. Wilbur felt that a change of job roles would make the employees keener to learn and perform. He emphasized that job rotation would help management create a larger skill base to choose from, depending on the needs of specific projects.

The company can enhance productivity of existing employees in various areas for different projects.

Which of the following statements best describes the concept of autonomy in the job characteristics model?

The degree to which a job provides substantial freedom and discretion to the individual in scheduling the work and in determining the procedures to be used in carrying it out.

For management, a major downside of telecommuting is ________.

decreased collaboration

Relational job design relates to ________.

design of jobs and work so employees are motivated to promote the well-being of an organization's beneficiaries

Managers at Flavors, a restaurant chain, train their employees such that in the absence of employees, someone trained in the same skills can step in and do the job equally well. Thus, many modules in training are extensive as they provide employees with details of the skill sets required for different jobs. In practice, this lengthy training program does help the company as a well-trained and flexible workforce is at their disposal at all times. The managers at Flavors use ________.

job rotation

Janice and Shane are both senior software analysts. They have worked together on projects for six years and get along very well. Janice is anticipating the arrival of her first child and will not be able to work on a full-time basis in the future. Shane is contemplating opening his own business as a home media installation consultant and does not want to continue to work full time. They both need some income. Which of the following alternative job structures would be best for Janice and Shane?

job sharing

Which of the following alternative work arrangements enables the organization to draw on the talents of more than one individual in a given job?

job sharing

A ________ plan distributes compensation based on some established formula designed around revenue of the company.

profit-sharing

One way to possibly make jobs more ________ would be to connect employees with the beneficiaries of their work or service that they provide.

prosocially motivating

Which of the following series of dimensions of the job characteristics model (JCM) combine to create meaningful work?

skill variety, task identity, and task significance

An MNC in a developing country is operating amidst severe space constraints, and the infrastructural conditions in the city are bad, causing a lot of lost man-hours. Anticipating rapid growth in the months to come, the company has created a recruitment plan based on its revenue expectations. However, it wants to manage this expansion without undertaking an expensive physical expansion. Which of the following could be a solution for the company?

telecommuting

With reference to the job characteristics model, which of the following defines skill variety?

the degree to which a job requires a variety of different activities tapping different abilities

Job design is defined as the ________.

way the elements in a job are organized

The two most common forms of representative participation are ________ and board representatives.

works councils

Internal equity refers to the ________.

worth of the job to the organization