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  • The procedure of modifying work content to give more meaning and enjoyment to the job by involving employees in planning, organisation and control of their work, is termed as


  • Options
  • A. job enlargement
  • B. job enrichment
  • C. job rotation
  • D. job evaluation

  • Correct Answer
  • job enrichment 

    Explanation
    Job enrichment can be described as a medium through which management can motivate self-driven employees by assigning them additional responsibility normally reserved for higher level employees. By doing this, the employees feel like their work has meaning and is important to the company.

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    • 1. Which one of the following chart gives simultaneously information about the progress of work and machine loading?

    • Options
    • A. Process chart
    • B. Machine load chart
    • C. Man-machine chart
    • D. Gantt chart
    • Discuss
    • 2. If (R) is the base rate guaranteed per hour, (S) is the standard time for the job and (T) is the actual time, then according to Rowan plan, wages for the job will be

    • Options
    • A. TR
    • B.
    • C. TR + (S - T)R
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 3. A diagram showing the path followed by men and materials while performing a task is known as

    • Options
    • A. string diagram
    • B. flow process chart
    • C. travel chart
    • D. flow diagram
    • Discuss
    • 4. In value engineering, the term value refers to

    • Options
    • A. manufacturing cost of the product
    • B. selling price of the product
    • C. total cost of the product
    • D. utility of the product
    • Discuss
    • 5. Military type of organisation is known as

    • Options
    • A. line organisation
    • B. functional organisation
    • C. line and staff organisation
    • D. line, staff and functional organisation
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following wage incentive plan guarantees minimum wage to a worker and bonus is paid for the fixed percentage of time saved?

    • Options
    • A. Halsey plan
    • B. Gantt plan
    • C. Rowan plan
    • D. Emerson's efficiency plan
    • Discuss
    • 7. PERT analysis is based upon

    • Options
    • A. optimistic time
    • B. pessimistic time
    • C. most likely time
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. A systematic job improvement sequence will consist of

    • Options
    • A. motion study
    • B. time study
    • C. job enrichment
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. In inventory control theory, the economic order quantity is

    • Options
    • A. average level of inventory
    • B. optimum lot size
    • C. capacity of a warehouse
    • D. lot size corresponding to break-even analysis
    • Discuss
    • 10. The routing function in a production system design is concerned with

    • Options
    • A. manpower utilisation
    • B. quality assurance of the product
    • C. machine utilisation
    • D. optimising material flow through the plant
    • Discuss


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