Ellen is very good at what she does, but she is constantly stressed by internal deadlines assigned to co-workers, obligatory meetings, and time lost in un-related idle cubicle chatter. Today, after a meeting with her supervisor, she has been given more responsibility for her work, is able to set her own deadlines, decline attendance to various department meetings, and telecommute two days a week. Ellen's boss is using which of the following organizational strategies to reduce her stress? A) Job redesign. B) Organizational communication. C) Employee involvement. D) Organizational development. E) Process reengineering.

A) Job redesign

Explanation:

-Job redesign refers to a strategy in which different parts of a job like responsabilities and tasks are modified to make it more interesting and increase the employee's motivation.

-Organizational communication refers to a strategy that allows the company to deliver a message in an effective way to accomplish the company's goals.

-Employee involvement refers to a strategy in which employees are given more authority and are allowed to give their opinion on things related to their work.

-Organizational development refers to a strategy that is used to define the changes that the company needs to make according to its need and determine an effective way to make them.

-Process reengineering refers to a strategy in which the company's processes are restructured to improve efficiency.

According to this, the answer is that Ellen's boss is using job redesign strategies to reduce her stress because her job has been modified and she has been given more responsibility, she is able to set deadlines, decline attendance to meetings and telecommute two days a week.