Leslie is a middle-level production manager at the California branch of ALT Corp ALT Corp is an automobile manufacturing company that specializes in the manufacture of heavy motor vehicles. Leslie's job is to supervise his assembly line employees.
Leslie has worked in this position for over four years, and he strongly believes that a supportive leadership style is most suitable in his context. Which of the following, if true, would strengthen Leslie's approach to leadership in this case?
A) The company has recently announced its move to diversify into manufacturing light motor vehicles because of high profitability in that line.
B) Most of the assembly line employees are highly experienced in their jobs and committed to Leslie.
C) With developments in technology, the company was enhancing the role of assembly line employees with new tasks combined into natural work units.
D) The company has initiated many changes in the tasks of assembly line workers in its attempts to refine the process of manufacturing.
E) A good proportion of the assembly line employees are new employees.
Question 2
Which of the following statements is true regarding the job characteristics model?
A) The operation of the model is universal and unaffected by cultural factors.
B) The operation of the model is relatively individualistic in nature.
C) The operation of the model requires employees to have similar skill sets.
D) The operation of the model cannot be quantitatively measured.
E) The operation of the model fulfills only extrinsic motivational needs.
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