Recently, Eastern Iowa Software Group opened an R&D facility in Iowa City. Before opening the facility, the top managers of the firm spent considerable time determining the set of tasks and activities that will be grouped together to define a particular job in the facility. This function is referred to as
A) job design.
B) job analysis.
C) job structure.
D) task portfolio.
E) work role assessment.

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Job design involves determining the set of tasks and activities that will be grouped together to define a particular job, which is exactly what the Eastern Iowa Software Group's top managers were doing before opening their R&D facility.

Recently, Eastern Iowa Software Group Opened an R&D Facility in Iowa