Multi-tasking requires for staff to take on a wider range of or different tasks at the same time, usually involving on-the-job training.
When a saleslady is at the same time the
cashier, that is Multi-tasking, as the she functions as a saleslady and a cashier at the same time. Due to economic reasons, some companies are forced to reduced employees and requires those who remained in the job to do more and wide range of jobs. Some employees are "multi-tasking".