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Social Science Clinic => Business => Management => Topic started by: colton on Jul 6, 2018
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Those who spend extensive periods of time in other cultures generate more innovative solutions to problems.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2
What is job enrichment? Describe various methods of job enrichment that are based on the job characteristics model.
What will be an ideal response?
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Answer to Question 1
TRUE
Explanation: Exposure to a variety of cultures can also improve creativity. Those who spend extensive periods of time in other cultures generate more innovative solutions to problems.
Answer to Question 2
Job enrichment expands jobs by increasing the degree to which the worker controls the planning, execution, and evaluation of the work.
Various methods of job enrichment that are based on the job characteristics model are:
1. Combining tasks: It puts fractionalized tasks back together to form a new and larger module of work.
2. Forming natural work units: It makes an employee's tasks create an identifiable and meaningful whole.
3. Establishing client relationships: It increases the direct relationships between workers and their clients (clients can be internal as well as outside the organization).
4. Expanding jobs vertically: It gives employees responsibilities and control formerly reserved for management.
5. Opening feedback channels: It lets employees know how well they are doing and whether their performance is improving, deteriorating, or remaining constant.
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