MGMT 309 EXAM 3 WESNER QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS
What is the concern of technostructural activities? - ANSWER - Organizational
Development subcategory
- deals with the design of the firm, the organization's technology, and the
relationship of design and technology with people at work
Structural Change - ANSWER decentralization increase, job design alteration
Technological Change - ANSWER alteration involving workflow change
Semantics - ANSWER when words have differing meanings to different
persons
Job Specialization - ANSWER degree to which the overall organizational task
is broken down and divided into small components of tasks
Advantages and Disadvantages to Job Specialization - ANSWER Advantages:
employees are able to become highly skilled, time interval between tasks is
shifted, single job makes it simpler to develop equipment that is specialized,
low cost of training
Limits: employee boredom, stated benefits do not necessarily occur
Job Rotation - ANSWER the alternative to specialization is moving employees
from job to job on a systematic schedule in an attempt to terminate employee
boredom
Advantages to Job Rotation - ANSWER Jobs do not rotate, instead employees
move from job to job; today it is used as a training device to improve workers
ability and versatility
Title VII - Equal Employment Opportunity -
, ANSWER
1. prohibits discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, and national
origin in all aspects of the employment relationship
2. requires coverage of direct and indirect discrimination and obligates
employment on the basis of qualifications
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) -
ANSWER
a federal agency whose aim is to regulate and enforce Title VII and other
provisions of anti-discrimination legislation
Age Discrimination in Employment Act - ANSWER forbids discrimination of
people above 40 years to ensure they are not laid off because of social security
payments or for earning more than their younger peers
Affirmative Action - ANSWER - It is a policy created to make up for previous
discrimination against minority and women groups by securing benefits to
improve their economic and educational opportunities
- Government contractors have to have affirmative action
> must have written plans of action and hiring goals
> must have affirmative hiring for Vietnam Vets due to the Vietnam Era
Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act
Pregnancy Discrimination Act - ANSWER Specifically bans discrimination
based on pregnancy
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ANSWER Prevents disabled people
from being discriminated against; requires employers provide reasonable
accommodations for workers
Civil Rights Act of 1991 - ANSWER revised the original civil rights act in
such a manner that discrimination cases are easier to file and punitive damages
provided in them are lower
ACCURATE ANSWERS
What is the concern of technostructural activities? - ANSWER - Organizational
Development subcategory
- deals with the design of the firm, the organization's technology, and the
relationship of design and technology with people at work
Structural Change - ANSWER decentralization increase, job design alteration
Technological Change - ANSWER alteration involving workflow change
Semantics - ANSWER when words have differing meanings to different
persons
Job Specialization - ANSWER degree to which the overall organizational task
is broken down and divided into small components of tasks
Advantages and Disadvantages to Job Specialization - ANSWER Advantages:
employees are able to become highly skilled, time interval between tasks is
shifted, single job makes it simpler to develop equipment that is specialized,
low cost of training
Limits: employee boredom, stated benefits do not necessarily occur
Job Rotation - ANSWER the alternative to specialization is moving employees
from job to job on a systematic schedule in an attempt to terminate employee
boredom
Advantages to Job Rotation - ANSWER Jobs do not rotate, instead employees
move from job to job; today it is used as a training device to improve workers
ability and versatility
Title VII - Equal Employment Opportunity -
, ANSWER
1. prohibits discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, and national
origin in all aspects of the employment relationship
2. requires coverage of direct and indirect discrimination and obligates
employment on the basis of qualifications
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) -
ANSWER
a federal agency whose aim is to regulate and enforce Title VII and other
provisions of anti-discrimination legislation
Age Discrimination in Employment Act - ANSWER forbids discrimination of
people above 40 years to ensure they are not laid off because of social security
payments or for earning more than their younger peers
Affirmative Action - ANSWER - It is a policy created to make up for previous
discrimination against minority and women groups by securing benefits to
improve their economic and educational opportunities
- Government contractors have to have affirmative action
> must have written plans of action and hiring goals
> must have affirmative hiring for Vietnam Vets due to the Vietnam Era
Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act
Pregnancy Discrimination Act - ANSWER Specifically bans discrimination
based on pregnancy
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ANSWER Prevents disabled people
from being discriminated against; requires employers provide reasonable
accommodations for workers
Civil Rights Act of 1991 - ANSWER revised the original civil rights act in
such a manner that discrimination cases are easier to file and punitive damages
provided in them are lower
