AN INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
SCIENCE FINAL PAPER FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY
PASSED
●● Who created the job characteristics model?
Answer: Hackman and Oldham
●● Job Characteristics Model
Answer: to better explain how job design can impact employee
satisfaction and job performance
●● Skill Variety
Answer: extent to which a job requires a worker to use a wide range of
different abilities and skills
●● Task Identity
Answer: extent to which the job requires the worker to perform all the
tasks needed to fully complete the task
●● Task Significance
Answer: extent to which the job requires the lives of other people
,●● Autonomy
Answer: the extent to which the employees is allowed to make choices
about scheduling and how best to perform tasks
●● Feedback
Answer: extent to which the employees receives clear & direct
information on how well they are performing the task
●● Contingency Factors:
Answer: pre-conditions for the model to be predictive
●● Organizational Structure
Answer: the grouping together of jobs into work groups, the delegation
of authority & responsibility within the organization & the formal
reporting relationships of employees to supervisors
●● Functional Structure
Answer: groups jobs that require similar skills & experience together
into a single work group reporting to the leader of the organization
●● Divisional Structure
Answer: groups jobs together with people of diverse skills & experience
who collectively focus on either providing specific products or or
, serving specific groups of customers or serving specific geographic
areas
●● Matrix Structure
Answer: groups jobs together simultaneously by function and by
division
●● Delegation of Authority
Answer: ultimate authority for decision rests with the shareholders of the
business
●● Centralized Organizational Structure
Answer: most decisions are made by the senior executives at the top of
the organization
●● Decentralized Organizational Structure
Answer: many decisions are delegated to lower levels of management
with those managers accountable for the consequences of their decisions
●● Span of Control
Answer: refers to the number of direct reports assigned to a a manager
●● Broader the span of control..
SCIENCE FINAL PAPER FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY
PASSED
●● Who created the job characteristics model?
Answer: Hackman and Oldham
●● Job Characteristics Model
Answer: to better explain how job design can impact employee
satisfaction and job performance
●● Skill Variety
Answer: extent to which a job requires a worker to use a wide range of
different abilities and skills
●● Task Identity
Answer: extent to which the job requires the worker to perform all the
tasks needed to fully complete the task
●● Task Significance
Answer: extent to which the job requires the lives of other people
,●● Autonomy
Answer: the extent to which the employees is allowed to make choices
about scheduling and how best to perform tasks
●● Feedback
Answer: extent to which the employees receives clear & direct
information on how well they are performing the task
●● Contingency Factors:
Answer: pre-conditions for the model to be predictive
●● Organizational Structure
Answer: the grouping together of jobs into work groups, the delegation
of authority & responsibility within the organization & the formal
reporting relationships of employees to supervisors
●● Functional Structure
Answer: groups jobs that require similar skills & experience together
into a single work group reporting to the leader of the organization
●● Divisional Structure
Answer: groups jobs together with people of diverse skills & experience
who collectively focus on either providing specific products or or
, serving specific groups of customers or serving specific geographic
areas
●● Matrix Structure
Answer: groups jobs together simultaneously by function and by
division
●● Delegation of Authority
Answer: ultimate authority for decision rests with the shareholders of the
business
●● Centralized Organizational Structure
Answer: most decisions are made by the senior executives at the top of
the organization
●● Decentralized Organizational Structure
Answer: many decisions are delegated to lower levels of management
with those managers accountable for the consequences of their decisions
●● Span of Control
Answer: refers to the number of direct reports assigned to a a manager
●● Broader the span of control..
