The goal of the biological approach to job design is to
A. distribute jobs only to specialized individuals who have the physical abilities for those tasks.
B. increase the meaningfulness of jobs so that only specialized individuals can work on them.
C. reduce the physical demands of certain jobs by improving the physical work environment.
D. make the work simple so that anyone can be trained quickly and easily to perform it.
E. improve employees' physical capabilities so that they can perform demanding tasks.
Answer: C
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