Employees at CyberTech perform repetitive jobs that has resulted in boredom as well as repetitive strain injury. Technology makes it difficult to combine existing jobs, but the company wants to make employees more multi-skilled. Which of the following would best help CyberTech to improve this situation?
A)Introduce a gainsharing plan for all production employees.
B)Introduce job specialization.
C)Introduce job rotation.
D)Introduce job enrichment by having each employee produce the entire product rather than a small part of it.
E)Encourage employees to engage in mental imagery.

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Introducing job rotation would allow employees to gain exposure to different tasks and develop new skills, thus reducing boredom and increasing job satisfaction. It would also help to prevent repetitive strain injury as employees would not be performing the same task repeatedly. Introducing a gainsharing plan or encouraging mental imagery may motivate employees but would not address the root cause of boredom and repetitive strain injury. Introducing job specialization or job enrichment would not help as these approaches would involve employees performing the same task repeatedly.

Employees at CyberTech Perform Repetitive Jobs That Has Resulted in Boredom