This theory is based on the idea that owners have different motivation than managers. Managers are less likely to take risks and more likely to focus on short-term goals. Most companies want their managers to become more like owners than just employees.

 This aspect of the job characteristics approach is the extent to which you know how well you are performing. For example, your supervisor is telling you that you are doing a good job, or that you need to improve on a certain part of the work. Sometimes it comes during performance appraisal, but should really happen more often.

 As the boss, you make sure to congratulate your team each time they reach a goal in hopes that they will keep repeating that behavior.  What type of reinforcement theory is this?

  You came up with an idea to change the production line which resulted in reducing cost of production and were rewarded with a portion of the savings. What is this called?

  This is a type of pay incentive that is paid to individual employees as a percentage of profits or sales margins. Most salespeople are paid using this type of system.

  According to Herzberg’s Dual Factor theory, these are factors that lead to job satisfaction. Ex: Recognition or growth.

 This piece of legislation created standards regarding safety and a health in the workplace and created administrative agency that enforces those standards.

 Maslow’s hierarchy of needs says that companies can meet the physiological needs (food & water) for their employees by providing them with which of the following?

 In this job characteristics approach, this is the   extent to which the worker does an identifiable portion of the total job. Can you see that from your job, a whole car is produced?

  If the floor is slippery, you have faulty equipment or even if you are tired or bored, these conditions are considered what?