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Match the following concepts with their descriptions:
Job Crafting = Redefining your job to incorporate your motives, strengths, and passions Established task elements = Defined primarily by managers, objective, bureaucratic, and quasi-static Time Management = Skills that may not help you if certain factors relate to your workplace or boss Work Coordination = Includes following up on things, searching for information and communicating about work
Match the following types of task elements with their characteristics:
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Established = Defined primarily by managers, objective, bureaucratic, and quasi-static Emergent = Defined by multiple sources, including the employee, subjective, personal, and dynamic
Match the following aspects of time in an organization with their drivers and characteristics:
Match the following aspects of time in an organization with their drivers and characteristics:
Time structure = Driven by HR, explicit, formal systematic, e.g. business hours, holidays, deadlines Time norms = Driven by organisational behaviour, implicit, intangible, social, e.g. punctuality, email responsiveness, work hours expectation
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Match the percentage of time spent on various work activities in a day:
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Match the aspects of the Job Characteristics Model with their definitions:
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Match the following job crafting aspects with their descriptions:
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Match the following strategies to win others’ support for your job crafting with their descriptions:
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Match the following factors with their impact on time management:
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Match the following challenges at Agoda with their descriptions:
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Match the steps of Evidence-based Management with their descriptions:
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Match the practices to minimize commuting time with their descriptions:
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Match the aspects of People Analytics with their descriptions:
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Match the following software systems with their primary usage in Agoda:
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Match the following roles with their responsibilities in Agoda's new approach:
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Match the following elements with their descriptions in Agoda's compensation and benefits system:
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Which of the following is a key skill in job crafting?
Which of the following is a key skill in job crafting?
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What is the focus of the Job Characteristics Model?
What is the focus of the Job Characteristics Model?
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Why do employees not just do what they were hired to do?
Why do employees not just do what they were hired to do?
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Which one of these is a characteristic of established task elements?
Which one of these is a characteristic of established task elements?
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Which one of these is a characteristic of emergent task elements?
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Which one of these is a factor that affects time management in the workplace?
Which one of these is a factor that affects time management in the workplace?
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Which one of these is a reason why more than half of the workday is spent on work coordination?
Which one of these is a reason why more than half of the workday is spent on work coordination?
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Which of the following is NOT one of the core aspects of job crafting mentioned in the text?
Which of the following is NOT one of the core aspects of job crafting mentioned in the text?
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What is the purpose of job crafting, according to the text?
What is the purpose of job crafting, according to the text?
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What are the potential limits of job crafting, as mentioned in the text?
What are the potential limits of job crafting, as mentioned in the text?
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What are the formal systems that can affect employees' time management effectiveness, as mentioned in the text?
What are the formal systems that can affect employees' time management effectiveness, as mentioned in the text?
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Who should be responsible for defining and developing the company's leadership?
Who should be responsible for defining and developing the company's leadership?
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What was the approach of Agoda's HR department before 2012?
What was the approach of Agoda's HR department before 2012?
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What was the main goal of implementing data analytics in Agoda's HR department?
What was the main goal of implementing data analytics in Agoda's HR department?
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How were compensation decisions made at Agoda?
How were compensation decisions made at Agoda?
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What is one of the reasons why recommendations based on evidence are rarely integrated and accessible?
What is one of the reasons why recommendations based on evidence are rarely integrated and accessible?
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What is one of the potential risks of using people analytics tools?
What is one of the potential risks of using people analytics tools?
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What is one of the challenges faced by managers in implementing evidence-based management?
What is one of the challenges faced by managers in implementing evidence-based management?
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What is one of the potential benefits of using people analytics tools?
What is one of the potential benefits of using people analytics tools?
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Which of the following is NOT a key skill in evidence-based management?
Which of the following is NOT a key skill in evidence-based management?
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What is the difference between lying and bullshitting?
What is the difference between lying and bullshitting?
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What is the purpose of people analytics?
What is the purpose of people analytics?
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Why is time management critical for organizations?
Why is time management critical for organizations?
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Which of the following is NOT a reason why Agoda did not initially embrace people analytics?
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Agoda did not initially embrace people analytics?
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What is one of the limitations of current productivity tracking tools?
What is one of the limitations of current productivity tracking tools?
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What is a potential consequence of benchmarking in a casual form?
What is a potential consequence of benchmarking in a casual form?
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What is one of the barriers to using experiments to build management knowledge?
What is one of the barriers to using experiments to build management knowledge?
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Which of the following is a key skill related to job crafting mentioned in the text?
Which of the following is a key skill related to job crafting mentioned in the text?
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What is the main focus of the Job Characteristics Model mentioned in the text?
What is the main focus of the Job Characteristics Model mentioned in the text?
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Who can change the boundaries of a job, according to the text?
Who can change the boundaries of a job, according to the text?
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Which of the following is a core aspect of job crafting?
Which of the following is a core aspect of job crafting?
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What is one potential consequence of job crafting?
What is one potential consequence of job crafting?
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What is one potential limitation of job crafting?
What is one potential limitation of job crafting?
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What is one factor that can affect employees' time management effectiveness?
What is one factor that can affect employees' time management effectiveness?
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Which one of these is a key skill in evidence-based management?
Which one of these is a key skill in evidence-based management?
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What is one of the limitations of current productivity tracking tools?
What is one of the limitations of current productivity tracking tools?
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What is the purpose of job crafting, according to the text?
What is the purpose of job crafting, according to the text?
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What is the purpose of people analytics?
What is the purpose of people analytics?
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Which one of these is a potential benefit of job crafting?
Which one of these is a potential benefit of job crafting?
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What are the characteristics of established tasks?
What are the characteristics of established tasks?
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What is the impact of time norms on time management?
What is the impact of time norms on time management?
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What percentage of the workday is spent on work coordination?
What percentage of the workday is spent on work coordination?
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What is one of the core principles of Agoda's approach to HR management?
What is one of the core principles of Agoda's approach to HR management?
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What was one of the challenges faced by Agoda in implementing data analytics?
What was one of the challenges faced by Agoda in implementing data analytics?
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What was one of the key focuses of Agoda's compensation and benefits system?
What was one of the key focuses of Agoda's compensation and benefits system?
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Why was the relationship between managers and employees critical for Agoda's success?
Why was the relationship between managers and employees critical for Agoda's success?
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What is one of the reasons why recommendations based on evidence are rarely integrated and accessible?
What is one of the reasons why recommendations based on evidence are rarely integrated and accessible?
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What are the potential benefits of using people analytics tools?
What are the potential benefits of using people analytics tools?
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What are the potential risks of using people analytics tools?
What are the potential risks of using people analytics tools?
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What is one of the potential consequences of benchmarking in a casual form?
What is one of the potential consequences of benchmarking in a casual form?
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Which of the following is NOT a potential limitation of current productivity tracking tools?
Which of the following is NOT a potential limitation of current productivity tracking tools?
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What is one of the potential risks of using people analytics tools?
What is one of the potential risks of using people analytics tools?
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What is one of the potential benefits of becoming a company of evidence-based managers?
What is one of the potential benefits of becoming a company of evidence-based managers?
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What is one of the challenges faced by managers in adopting evidence-based management?
What is one of the challenges faced by managers in adopting evidence-based management?
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