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Today’s worker is no longer willing to work in an authoritarian and dehumanizing environment. Workers want meaning in their work and balance in their lives. They want opportunities to contribute and to know how their work is effective. Employees want to work for organizations that respect them as individuals. 46) They also want to know that they are working for an ethical company that acts in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.
Today, and in the future, companies must design work so that employees can take responsibility and be rewarded appropriately. By changing attitudes and conditions in the workplace, organizations can help make work more meaningful.
Repetitive factory routines and office work that simply moves paper from in-box to out-box are mindless tasks that destroy motivation and productivity. Research has shown that mental challenge is closely related to job satisfaction. 47) Too little challenge in the work, as in complet

[填空题]Although he is a new worker, he can work as(skill)______as an old worker.

[填空题]Longer span of work life, from the national policy perspective, eases ______.

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Nowadays, people work longer hours than they used to, but are they really working harder than ever before Apparently, many people believe that the more time a person spends on work, (21) she or he accomplishes. However, the connection between time and (22) is not always (23) . In fact, many studies indicate that after a certain point, anyone’s productivity and creativity begin to (24) . Furthermore, it is not always easy for individuals to (25) that their performance is falling off. Part of the problem is understandable. When (26) evaluate employees, they often consider the amount of time spent on the job (27) performance. Employees know this. Consequently, they work longer hours and (28) less vacation time than they did several years ago. Although many working people can do their job effectively during a (29) 40-hour-work week, they feel they have to spend more time on the job after normal working hours so that
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[单项选择] 第二篇　The Worker’s Role in Management 　　Traditionally, it has been the worker’s role to work and management’s role to manage. Managers have planned and directed the firm’s operations with little thought of consulting the labor force. Managers have rarely felt compelled(被迫的) to obtain the worker’s opinions or to explain their decisions to their employees. At most, companies have provided "suggestion boxes" in which workers could place ideas for improving procedures. In recent years, however, many management specialists have been arguing that workers are more than sellers of labor——they have a vital stake in the company and may be able to make significant contributions to its management. Furthermore, major company decisions profoundly affect workers and their dependents. This is particularly true of plant closings, which may put thousands on the unemployment lines. Should workers, then, play a stronger role in management 　　Workers should have a role in management
A. may lack the incentive to increase their productivity.
B. cannot get a share in the company’s profits.
C. can still get bonuses for efficiency and productivity.
D. will not have the opportunity to purchase the plant.