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Diagnose and calculate the motivating potential score (MPS) for four cases described in Exercise 28 (attached).

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- Exercise 28 Copyright 2005 by Thomas W. Kent.
- "Learning About Job Design", page 135, Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations by Griffin & Moorhead.
- Chapter 5, Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations by Griffin & Moorhead.

Rate the four jobs described in the cases included in Exercise 28. Rank order the jobs per your calculations of MPS and discuss appropriateness of that order per your intuitive analysis of the jobs. Then, develop and discuss a strategy for improving the motivational value of each job based on the concepts included in chapters 5 and 6 of the textbook. Close your paper with an analysis of all of your findings.

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