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cnetterville

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Name and define the five core dimensions of the job characteristics model and explain how these core dimensions are combined to produce a motivating potential score.
 
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Bob Shaffer is frustrated. He has been working for 22 years and feels his chances of obtaining a promotion or finding a new job with added responsibilities are insignificant.
 
  Bob just doesn't feel productive at times and knows the number of upper-level positions that would meet his needs is much smaller now due to downsizing. In which career stage is Bob?
  A) organizational entry
  B) late career
  C) early career
  D) midcareer



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Answer to Question 1

Skill variety is the extent to which a job requires a worker to use a number of different skills, abilities, or talents. Task identity is the extent to which a job involves performing a whole piece of work from its beginning to its end. Task significance is the extent to which a job has an impact on the lives or work of other people in or out of the organization. Autonomy is the degree to which a job allows a worker the freedom and independence to schedule work and to decide how to carry it out. Feedback is the extent to which performing the job provides a worker with clear information about his/her effectiveness.

The motivating potential score is calculated as follows:

Autonomy Feedback = MPS

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cnetterville

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Reply 2 on: Jul 7, 2018
:D TYSM


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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