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 Your boss tells you that your services are no longer needed at the company but he doesn’t give you any reason. As long as it doesn’t violate the law, a contract, or due process, under what concept can he do this, if any?

During your job interview, you were asked the question “what would you do if you saw your boss taking office supplies home?”  What type of test or question is this?

Using a numbered list, list the 5 ways to have a competitive advantage through employees as shown in the slides (10 pts)

The term for a set of forces that causes people to behave in certain ways and is relatively unchanging over your lifetime. Determines individual performance and decisions. 

Using a numbered list, List the 3 causes of job dissatisfaction as shown in class (6 pts)

This is a chronic ailment that occurs as a result of work activity and often takes years to manifest. For example, black lung disease in coal miners.

Using the company organization chart, you created a systematic planning for future promotions into top management positions, their potential and performance rating. What is this called

 Your company decided to increase the total number of tasks that the workers perform in order to increase productivity.  What is this called?

 According to Herzberg’s dual-factor theory, many people expect to get a good paycheck, but they are not actually motivated by pay. In this case, what type of factor is pay?

Using a numbered list List the 5 performance indicators of good/poor performance