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
Job enlargement
Job enrichment
Job rotation
Job evaluation
Correct Answer :
B. Job enrichment
Related Questions
In queuing theory, the nature of the waiting situation can be studied and analysed mathematically if
Complete details of items in, waiting line are known
Arrival and waiting times are known and can be grouped to form a waiting line model
All variables and constants are known and form a linear equation
The laws governing arrivals, service times, and the order in which the arriving units are taken into source are known
If A is the total items consumed per year, P is the procurement cost per order, and C is the annual inventory carrying cost per item, then the most economic ordering quantity is given by
AP/C
2AP/C
√(AP/C)
(AP/C)2
The production scheduling is simpler and high volume of output and high labour efficiency are achieved in the case of
Product layout
Process layout
Fixed position layout
A combination of line and process layout
The technique for establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of any project is known as
Event flow scheduling technique
Critical ratio scheduling
Slotting technique for scheduling
Short interval scheduling
The factors to be considered for production scheduling are
Component design
Route sheet
Time standards
All of these
In PERT analysis, critical path is obtained by joining events having
+ve slack
-ve slack
Zero slack
Dummy activities
Queueing theory deals with problems of
Material handling
Reducing the waiting time or idle time
Better utilization of man services
Effective use of machines
The purpose of micro-motion study is to
Assist in finding out the most efficient way of doing work
Train the individual operator regarding the motion economy principles
Help in collecting the motion time data for synthetic time standards
All of the above
Slack of various events on the critical path in PERT/CPM chart
Increases continuously
Decreases continuously
Remain constant
May increase or decrease depending on various factors
PERT requires
Single time estimate
Double time estimate
Triple time estimate
None of these
Which of the following layouts is suited to job production?
Process layout
Product layout
Fixed position layout
Plant layout
Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as
Line organisation
Line and staff organisation
Functional organisation
Effective organisation
Which of the following conditions are necessary for applying linear programming?
These must be a well defined objective function.
The decision variables should be interrelated and nonnegative.
The resources must be in limited supply.
All of the above
If TL is the largest allowable event occurrence time, total activity slack (s) is equal to
Latest start time earliest start time
Latest finish time earliest finish time (EFT)
TLEFT
All of the above
Routing is essential in the following type of industry
Assembly industry
Process industry
Job order industry
Mass production industry
Which of the following statement is correct?
A-B-C analysis is based on Pareto's principle
Simulation can be used for inventory control
Economic order quantity formula ignores variations in demand pattern
All of the above
Scheduling gives information about
When work should start and how much work should be completed during a certain period
When work should complete
That how idle time can be minimized
Proper utilisation of machines
Travel charts are used to
Analyse material handling
Determine inventory control difficulties
Plan material handling procedure and routes
All of the above
The time of completing a project in network analysis is given by following time of the critical activity meeting at the final triode
Early finish
Early start
Late start
Late finish
Pick up the correct step used for scheduling a project by C.P.M.
A project is divided into various activities
Required time for each activity is established
Sequence of various activities is made according to their importance
All of the above
Pick up the correct statement from the following
If the float is positive and the activity is delayed by a period equal to its total float, the completion of project in no delayed
If the float of an activity is negative, delay in its performance is bound to delay the completion of project
If the float of an activity is zero, the activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the whole project
All of the above
Micro motion study is
Analysis of a man-work method by using a motion picture camera with a timing device in the field of view
Motion study observed on enhanced time intervals
Motion study of a sequence of operations conducted systematically
Study of man and machine conducted simultaneously
Which of the following organisation is preferred in automobile industry?
Functional organisation
Line organisation
Staff organisation
Line and staff organisations
Which of the following organisations is best suited for steel plants
Functional organisation
Line organisation
Staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisations
Which of the following layouts is suited for mass production?
Process layout
Product layout
Fixed position layout
Plant layout
The grouping of activities into organisational units is called
Corporate plans
Higher level management
Functional authority
Departmentation
The main object of scientific layout is
To produce better quality of product
To utilise maximum floor area
To minimise production delays
All of these
Pick up the correct statement about relationship between various floats
Free float = total float
Independent float = total float
Independent float > free float
Independent float < free float
Probabilistic time for completion of any activity can be found out from
Optimistic time
Pessimistic time
Most likely time
All of these
The determination of standard time in a complex job system is best done through
Stop watch time study
Analysis of micro-motions
Grouping timing technique
Analysis of standard data system