Rewarding individual results tends to?

A. increase cohesiveness
B. decrease cohesiveness
C. increase performance norms
D. decrease performance norms (more…)

Job enrichment?

A. must be directed towards individuals
B. must be directed towards groups
C. can be directed toward either groups or individuals.
D. tends to receive strong labor union support (more…)

Vertical job loading involves?

A. employee planning and evaluating responsibilities.
B. performance of more tasks.
C. performance of different tasks on different days.
D. employee promotion up the organization hierarchy (more…)

Intrinsic work rewards are?

A. received by an individual directly as a result of task performance.
B. externally controlled
C. sometimes internally controlled, sometimes externally controlled.
D. generally less important than extrinsic reward. (more…)

Content motivation theories are represented by?

A. Maslow, Alderfer, Herzberg, and McClland
B. Maslow, Alderfer, Herzberg, and vroom
C. Maslow, Adams, Herzberg, and vroom
D. Alderfer, Adams, McClland,and vroom (more…)

For people who work hard but still do not achieve high performance levels, there may be?

A. lack of fit between individuals attributes and task requirements.
B. improper allocation of rewards
C. low motivation
D. too much motivation (more…)

The individual performance equation is concerned with?

A. capacity, willingness, opportunity        
B. capacity , effort, opportunity
C. effectiveness, effort, willingness
D. effort , opportunity, threat (more…)

The process of continuous learning from the full variety of one’s actual work and life experience is known as?

A.  learning
B. life-long learning
C. experiential learning
D. organizational learning (more…)

A relatively permanent change in behaviour that happens as a result of experience is known as?

A. learning
B. life-long learning
C. experiential learning
D. organizational learning (more…)

Each of the following are requirements of twenty-first century managers except that they?

A. must be prepared to deal with people of different ethnic and racial backgrounds.
B. must value quality.
C. contend with a workforce whose skills match new tasks and technologies.
D. must personally do things to add value to the organization’s ability to meet customers’ needs. (more…)