Timothy works at Sunshine Mailing, a daily newspaper, and is responsible for editing the sports column. Chloe, Timothy's manager, asks him to handle the gossip column along with the sports column. In the given scenario, which of the following job redesign techniques does Chloe use?
A) Job shadowing
B) Job enlargement
C) Job wrapping
D) Job rotation

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Job enlargement is the job redesign technique where additional responsibilities are added to an employee's current job. In this scenario, Timothy's manager is asking him to handle the gossip column along with the sports column, which is an example of job enlargement. Job shadowing is a training technique, job wrapping involves combining multiple jobs into one, and job rotation involves moving employees through a variety of different jobs.

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