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What are natural resources?
Water, coal, and oil
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What is increasing job scope?
When a company includes several diferent tasks within each job
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What is a simplified job task?
This makes it easier for the employee to learn the job
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What is increased interdependency?
When an employee does just one part of a total job and relies on the efforts of others to make the job complete
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What is specialization
Making the best use of resources in the production of goods and services
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What are capital goods?
Specialized equipment and machinery used to increase production rates
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What is job rotation?
When a company requires employees to work in other departments to understand how they relate
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What is increased employee interest and satisfaction?
Employees take pride in their work, and as a result, the business is a success
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What is increased boredom on the job?
When employees become tired of doing the same task over and over again
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What is increased productionn speed?
As employees become more familiar with their jobs, they can produce more
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What are two main forms specialization of human resources?
Trade or profession and stage of production or task
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What is increasing job depth?
When a company adds interest to job tasks to increase employee satisfaction
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What is increased level of skill?
As employees practice their jobs, they can do the jobs better
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What is decreased pride in work?
Can result when employees do not see the final outcome of their part in the whole job
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What is specialization by trade or profession?
The most common type of human resources specialization
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What is specialzation by state of production or task?
Occurs when more than one stage or specialty is required to create a finished product
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What is motivation?
Can result when companies allow flexible working hours and ask for and use employee suggestions
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What is increased quality of work?
As employees practice their jobs, they can do a better job
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What are morale and enthusiasm or the job?
When pride falls, these tend to fall, also
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What is an assembly line?
A production method in which the product moves pasat workers who eac do one assigned production task
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What is the type o work you decide to go into?
Specialization by trade or profession
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What are techniques to combat the disadvantages of specialization and division of labor?
Job rotation, increasing job scope, increasing job depth, and motivation
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What is ease of transferring to other like jobs?
Once the skill is learned, the employee can obtain another similar job
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What is oboslescence?
Replacing a worker because of automation and technological advances
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What is difficulty in transferring jobs because of high degree of specialization?
Highly skilled workers may not be able to transfer to another job
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