Aidan is a software developer for TechControl, Inc.His manager encouraged him to enroll in a course to develop some new skills.After Aidan completed the course, he worked with a coworker and improved on of the company's new software applications.This is an example of
A)job enlargement.
B)job simplification.
C)job enrichment.
D)span of control.
E)task analyzability.

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Job enrichment is increasing the degree of responsibility a worker has over a job by, for example, (1) empowering workers to experiment to find new or better ways of doing the job, (2) encouraging workers to develop new skills, (3) allowing workers to decide how to do the work and giving them the responsibility for deciding how to respond to unexpected situations, and (4) allowing workers to monitor and measure their own performance.The idea behind job enrichment is that increasing workers' responsibility increases their involvement in their jobs and thus improves their interest in the quality of the goods they make or the services they provide.

Aidan Is a Software Developer for TechControl, Inc