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melly21297

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Contrast job enlargement and job enrichment.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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John is an engineer who recently learned that his retiring boss was going to be replaced by someone from outside the engineering firm for which he works.
 
  John knows little about the man replacing his boss, other than that he is coming from a competing firm where John himself had once worked for seven years. In John's experience at the other firm, he had found the management to often be overbearing and harsh. John was convinced that his new boss would be a difficult person for whom to work. Which of the following statements BEST describes John's perceptions about his new boss?
  A) John was stereotyping his new boss based on the fact that he was part of management.
  B) John's motivational state resulted in a preconceived perception of his new boss.
  C) John's schemas determined the way in which he perceived his new boss.
  D) John's mood on the day of hearing about his boss's replacement caused him to perceive his new boss in a negative light.



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Answer to Question 1

Job enlargement involves increasing the number of tasks a worker performs when all of the tasks are at the same level of responsibility and difficulty. It is also known as horizontal job loading. Job enrichment is the designing of workers' jobs to provide opportunities for the growth by giving them more responsibility and control over their work. Job enrichment is also known as vertical job loading.

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melly21297

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Reply 2 on: Jul 7, 2018
Excellent


Laurenleakan

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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