Michelle wants to apply the job characteristics model to her employees’ work. She plans to increase the number of diverse tasks and skills used to perform each job. Michelle is trying to change the ________ of the jobs.

A. skill variety
B. task identity
C. task significance
D. autonomy
E. skill level


A. skill variety

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Always subtract the salvage value from the original cost before figuring depreciation

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The management of Schenk Corporation is investigating automating a process by replacing old equipment by a new machine. The old equipment would be sold for scrap now for $13,000. The new machine would cost $648,000, would have a 9 year useful life, and would have no salvage value. By automating the process, the company would save $186,000 per year in cash operating costs. (Ignore income taxes.)Required:Determine the simple rate of return on the investment to the nearest tenth of a percent.

What will be an ideal response?

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The assembly time for a product is uniformly distributed between 6 to 10 minutes. The standard deviation of assembly time (in minutes) is approximately

A. 1.3333. B. 1.1547. C. 0.1111. D. 0.5773.

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Internal alignment suggests that:

A. performance-based pay can affect results. B. both smaller and larger pay differences among jobs inside an organization can affect results. C. rather than focusing on only one dimension of the pay strategy, such as pay for performance or internal pay differences, all dimensions need to be considered together. D. embedding compensation strategy within the broader HR strategy affects results. E. paying higher than the average wage offered by competitors can affect results.

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