Gwen's job as an accounting assistant was recently modified to include reconciling of bank accounts and delivering checks to the bank, two tasks previously done by the accounting manager. This increase in responsibility would best be described as   

A. job development.
B. job enlargement.
C. job satisficing.
D. job design.
E. vertical loading.


E. vertical loading.

Instead of the job-enlargement technique of simply giving employees additional tasks of similar difficulty (known as horizontal loading), with job enrichment employees are given more responsibility (known as vertical loading). Thus, employees take on chores that would normally be performed by their supervisors.

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