General Studies · Job Enrichment & Herzberg's Work

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A: The management philosophy presented in 'The Managerial Choice: To be Efficient and to be Human' (1976) suggests that the goal of production efficiency can be reconciled with the humanistic need for meaningful work through job enrichment. Reason R: Job enrichment achieves this balance through horizontal job loading, which focuses on simplifying work modules to reduce an employee's personal responsibility and minimize task difficulty. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: