Table 7.4
The production department is implementing a job design program. Alfonso has been given the responsibility. Leading a team of managers and hourly employees, Alfonso is to come up with the best way to implement the program. As techniques are discussed, it appears that the workers are reluctant to accept management's push to give each employee more tasks to perform while not increasing responsibility or the needed task skills. The hourly workers want more control over their jobs and greater responsibilities. Alfonso explains they still need to determine what elements need to be enriched for the program to work. He further explains that employees have reported through an organizational survey that their first desire is to experience meaningfulness in their jobs, and they don't really want increased responsibility and accountability, feeling it will add too much stress to their jobs.
-Refer to Table 7.4. The hourly workers are favoring what type of job design program?
A) Job enlargement
B) Vertical job loading
C) Job enrichment
D) Job characteristics model approach

Question

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The hourly workers are favoring a job enrichment program, which involves adding more meaningful tasks to their current job, rather than increasing responsibility or accountability. This aligns with their desire to experience meaningfulness in their jobs, as reported in the organizational survey. Job enlargement (A) would involve adding more tasks but without increasing complexity or challenge, while vertical job loading (B) typically involves adding more responsibility and accountability. The job characteristics model approach (D) is a framework for designing jobs that includes five core job dimensions, but it does not necessarily address the workers' desire for more meaningfulness in their jobs without increased stress.

Table 7.4 The Production Department Is Implementing a Job Design Program. Alfonso