MGT 291 EXAM 2 TEST PAPER 2026 FULL
SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ Need for Achievement. Answer: Wanting to do something better
or more efficiently to solve problems, or to master complex tasks.
People high in need for achievement prefer tasks of moderate
difficulty, enjoy pursuing attainable goals, and like to be recognized
◉ Need for Power. Answer: Wanting to control and influence others,
or to be responsible for others People can express a need for power
in ways that improve organizations and societies (a socialized power
orientation) or by manipulating and exploiting others (a
personalized power orientation). A socialized power orientation is
associated with effective motivation by inspiring others.
◉ Empowerment. Answer: The degree to which an employee has the
authority to make and implement at least some decisions
◉ Job Enrichment. Answer: An approach to job design that increases
a job's complexity to give workers greater responsibility and
opportunities to feel a sense of achievement
◉ Job Enlargement. Answer: Adding more tasks at the same level of
responsibility and skill related to an employee's current position
,◉ Job Rotation. Answer: Workers are moved through a variety of
jobs to increase their interest and motivation
◉ Cross Training. Answer: Training employees in more than one job
or in multiple skills to enable them to do different jobs
◉ Self Efficacy. Answer: A person's confidence in his or her ability to
organize and execute the courses of action necessary to accomplish
a task
◉ Job Characteristics Model (Hackman and Oldham). Answer:
Objective characteristics of the job itself, including skill variety, task
identity, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and task
feedback, lead to job satisfaction for people with a high growth need
for strength
◉ Skill Variety. Answer: the degree to which the job requires a
variety of activities, enabling the worker to use different skills and
talents
◉ Task Identity. Answer: the degree to which the job requires the
worker to complete a whole and identifiable piece of work
, ◉ Task Significance. Answer: the degree to which job performance is
important and affects the lives or work of others
◉ Autonomy. Answer: the degree to which the job gives the worker
freedom, discretion, and independence in scheduling the work and
determining how to do the work
◉ Task Feedback. Answer: the degree to which carrying out the job's
required activities results in the individual's obtaining direct and
clear information about the effectiveness of his or her performance
◉ Magnitude. Answer: beliefs about how difficult a task can be
◉ Strength. Answer: beliefs about how confident the person is that
the task can be accomplished
◉ Generality. Answer: beliefs about the degree to which similar
tasks can be accomplished
◉ Vrooms VIE Theory:. Answer: - Valence
- Instrumentality
- Expectancy
◉ Valence. Answer: Will the rewards I receive be things I care about?
SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ Need for Achievement. Answer: Wanting to do something better
or more efficiently to solve problems, or to master complex tasks.
People high in need for achievement prefer tasks of moderate
difficulty, enjoy pursuing attainable goals, and like to be recognized
◉ Need for Power. Answer: Wanting to control and influence others,
or to be responsible for others People can express a need for power
in ways that improve organizations and societies (a socialized power
orientation) or by manipulating and exploiting others (a
personalized power orientation). A socialized power orientation is
associated with effective motivation by inspiring others.
◉ Empowerment. Answer: The degree to which an employee has the
authority to make and implement at least some decisions
◉ Job Enrichment. Answer: An approach to job design that increases
a job's complexity to give workers greater responsibility and
opportunities to feel a sense of achievement
◉ Job Enlargement. Answer: Adding more tasks at the same level of
responsibility and skill related to an employee's current position
,◉ Job Rotation. Answer: Workers are moved through a variety of
jobs to increase their interest and motivation
◉ Cross Training. Answer: Training employees in more than one job
or in multiple skills to enable them to do different jobs
◉ Self Efficacy. Answer: A person's confidence in his or her ability to
organize and execute the courses of action necessary to accomplish
a task
◉ Job Characteristics Model (Hackman and Oldham). Answer:
Objective characteristics of the job itself, including skill variety, task
identity, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and task
feedback, lead to job satisfaction for people with a high growth need
for strength
◉ Skill Variety. Answer: the degree to which the job requires a
variety of activities, enabling the worker to use different skills and
talents
◉ Task Identity. Answer: the degree to which the job requires the
worker to complete a whole and identifiable piece of work
, ◉ Task Significance. Answer: the degree to which job performance is
important and affects the lives or work of others
◉ Autonomy. Answer: the degree to which the job gives the worker
freedom, discretion, and independence in scheduling the work and
determining how to do the work
◉ Task Feedback. Answer: the degree to which carrying out the job's
required activities results in the individual's obtaining direct and
clear information about the effectiveness of his or her performance
◉ Magnitude. Answer: beliefs about how difficult a task can be
◉ Strength. Answer: beliefs about how confident the person is that
the task can be accomplished
◉ Generality. Answer: beliefs about the degree to which similar
tasks can be accomplished
◉ Vrooms VIE Theory:. Answer: - Valence
- Instrumentality
- Expectancy
◉ Valence. Answer: Will the rewards I receive be things I care about?
