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What was the primary focus of job design during the early days of industrialization?
What was the primary focus of job design during the early days of industrialization?
- Promoting employee well-being
- Maximizing efficiency through task specialization (correct)
- Fostering teamwork and collaboration
- Enhancing employee creativity
What was a significant drawback of the job specialization approach mentioned in the content?
What was a significant drawback of the job specialization approach mentioned in the content?
- Higher rates of employee turnover
- Increased production costs
- Employee dissatisfaction due to monotony (correct)
- Difficulty in training new employees
Who conducted extensive research on factors affecting workers that contributed to the Job Characteristics Model?
Who conducted extensive research on factors affecting workers that contributed to the Job Characteristics Model?
- Taylor and Franklin
- Hackman and Oldham (correct)
- Maslow and Herzberg
- Mintzberg and Drucker
The Job Characteristics Model was created to explain the impact of what on employee satisfaction?
The Job Characteristics Model was created to explain the impact of what on employee satisfaction?
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What was one outcome of the Scientific Management approach discussed in relation to job design?
What was one outcome of the Scientific Management approach discussed in relation to job design?
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Job Design for Success
- A job should be designed so that it is achievable for an individual to perform successfully.
- Early industrialization focused on simplifying tasks to maximize efficiency and maintain quality through job specialization.
- This approach could lead to monotony and dissatisfaction for employees due to repetitive tasks.
- Hackman and Oldham developed the "Job Characteristics Model" to explore the relationship between job design and employee satisfaction and performance.
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