Question

Ben, Tom, Ron, and Harry are four individuals working at Eva Pure, a bottled water manufacturing company. They all started at different times at the company, bringing different levels of experience and abilities to their jobs. John is the factory manager supervising all the employees including these four. From a readiness point of view, it can be said that Ben is able but unwilling, Tom is both able and willing, Ron is neither able nor willing, and Harry is unable but highly willing to take on the responsibilities. John must respond differently to each of them to get them prepared and get the job done. John's optimal behavior to deal with Ron's readiness should comprise of __________ initiating structure and ____________ consideration.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is letter "D": high; high.

Explanation:

The readiness approach has four (4) different levels. In Ron's case, he is in stage number two (2) or R2 where employees started to work together since they found out that their duties could be more complicated than what they thought. That will lead to discouragement which implies the manager must promote a high initiating structure with high consideration to protect the confidence level among the workers.