A production manager is concerned about the low output levels of his employees. The articles that he

has read on job performance frequently mention four variables as being important to job performance:

(1) skills required for the job, (2) rewards, (3) motivation, and (4) satisfaction. In several of the articles it

was also indicated that only if the rewards were (attractive) to the recipients did motivation, satisfaction,

and job performance increase, not otherwise. Given this situation:

1. Define the problem.

2. Create a diagram.

3. Develop at least six hypotheses.