unit 2 nature of work

Question 1

conscious and sustained physical or mental efforts to do. performed for remuneration, that is, as a means of livelihood

Answer 1

work

Question 2

implies work for which one has been hired and is being paid by an employer.

Answer 2

employment

Question 3

a private firm serves an intermediaries for hiring an employee in a contractual basis, It seeks employee for employer

Answer 3

employment agency

Question 4

is formal term for employed worker.

Answer 4

employee

Question 5

is person, private or public who employed worker.

Answer 5

employer

Question 6

if work is the result of training and performed on a regular basis

Answer 6

occupation

Question 7

A worker who is paid in exchange primarily for his physical labor.

Answer 7

laborer

Question 8

is a form of occupation which makes use of a specialized type of work.

Answer 8

profession

Question 9

types of work

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occupation
laborer
profession

Question 10

as instruments of production, enhanced man’s capacity of work, allowing him to
produce goods in quantities never before thought possible.

Answer 10

machineries

Question 11

2 major classes

Answer 11

working class
ruling class

Question 12

this are the workers or paid laborers

Answer 12

working class

Question 13

this are the capitalist businessmen, i.e., employers

Answer 13

ruling class

Question 14

work was regarded as punishment by God to human beings for their
pride and disobedience. Work then was perceived as punishment, a curse which man was fated to suffer

Answer 14

work as divine punishment

Question 15

Work is perceived as a matter of right. Everyone has the right to work based on man’s natural right to self-preservation. To preserve one’s life requires one to have a right over the means with
which to satisfy his basic needs for food, clothing and shelte

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work as a right

Question 16

Work is also perceived today for its social significance in defining a person. The quality of a worker is reflected by the quality of his work. Well-organized work and work done on schedule imply a
reliable, disciplined and conscientious worker.

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work as determinant of personal qualities

Question 17

Work defines the social status of people. Modern political and economic theorists, most notably Karl Marx, classify people into two classes, each identifiable by the general nature of their work.

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work as a determinant of social class

Question 18

those who sell their physical labor for wages in order to live beling to the working class

Answer 18

proletarian

Question 19

those who manage the business, or control the activity of the firm

Answer 19

capitalist

Question 20

Workers work not only to survive but also to prosper materially. Businessmen, do business primarily for profit. They employ workers because they cannot run the business alone. Workers, in turn, offer their services because they lack capital.

Answer 20

work as a basis for cooperation

Question 21

help ensure development of workers and professionals who are not only competent in their respective work and professions, but also as persons who work with a sense of morality and decency.

Answer 21

code of ethics

Question 22

A worker enters the world of work equipped with certain values. The nature of his values determines how he performs his work and guides his actions. Much of his personal values are
derived from the society he moves around in.

Answer 22

personal and societal values

Question 23

regulates work as it imposes certain
limitations to workers. Violating these limitations may lead a person to be criminally or legally liable, risking his employment or profession, his freedom, even his limbs.

Answer 23

law

Question 24

The promotion of higher standards for the practice of professional work is the main reason why professional societies are formed. Thus, medical associations are formed to preserve and enforce
higher standards of medical practice, and legal associations are for setting higher standards of legal practice.

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professional associations

Question 25

do not only law down rules and regulations; they also express a set of expectations from workers. The company expects the best from its workers, and provides them with principles to guide them in the conduct of their work.

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policies enforced in the workplace

Question 26

helps maintain the quality of work, as workers and employers try to protect their positive image by being friendlier and by working harder and better.

Answer 26

public opinion and perception

Question 27

Plays an important role in the development of values that determine how a believer perceives the
purpose and meaning of work

Answer 27

religion

Question 28

people like working with things, in occupation such as chefs, air traffic
controllers, carpenters and builders.

Answer 28

realistic

Question 29

like working with data, in occupations such as medical technician, computer programmer, engineering and science.

Answer 29

investigative

Question 30

like working with ideas, in occupations such as commercial artist, musician and interior designer.

Answer 30

artistic

Question 31

like working with people, in occupations such as teaching,
counselling and caring for elderly people

Answer 31

social

Question 32

like working with people and data, in occupations such as business leadership, marketing, entrepreneurship and politics.

Answer 32

enterprising

Question 33

like working with data, in such occupations as accounting, administrative assistance and paralegal assistance.

Answer 33

conventional