different points of view? How would you describe the overall climate of the discussion? Did you feel your group was productive in the discussion? Did you use the time efficiently? What strategies can you use in future discussions to increase productivity and outcomes? What approach will you take next time to increase group cohesion? Video Analysis - "Planning A Playground" What are the issues in this meeting? What did they do well as a group? Can you identify constructive or deconstructive
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Danshui Plant No.2 Charles Fiorentino, Elaine Shuyi Li, Sophie Browne, Travis Cole Problem 1. Breakeven Volume: Price/Unit = Sales/# units = 41,240,000/200,000 = 206.2 Variable Costs/Unit = 40,411,000/200,000 = 202.055 Contribution Margin/Unit = 206.2 - 202.055 = 4.145 Break-even = Fixed Costs/ (CM/unit) = 729,000/4.145 = 175,875 units Problem 2. Planned shipping cost per unit: 41,140,000/200000= $205.7 Actual shipping cost per unit: 38,148,000/ 180,000= $211.93 Problem 3: Exhibit
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week using eight workers and produced 240 standard bookcases this week using six workers. In which was productivity higher? Explain. Ans: Productivitylast week = standard bookcases produced as output / labor= 300/8= 37.8 sbc/worker Productivity this week = standard bookcases produced as output / labor= 240/6= 40 sbc/worker The ouput of this week shows that it has higher productivity than last week. This answer can be improved. 2. The manager of a crew that installs carpeting has
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Compute the labor productivity for each of the weeks Week | Crew Size | Yards Installed | Labor Productivity | 1 | 4 | 96 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 72 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 92 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 69 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 26 | Labor Productivity = Yards Installed / Crew size Even sized crews produce more than odd sized crews. It seems like most of the small sized crews have the higher productivity. Crew of 2 works best beside other crews. Question 3 Multifactor productivity = (Quantity
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only he could control his lab was to micromanage the lab. Following were the main problems faced by the group: 1. Low productivity 2. Low employee retention: Nobody stayed beyond a year 3. Negative work environment My thinking style can be best described as deductive. If I have to deduce the roots of the above problems, they will be: 1. Low productivity: Everyone was expected to work on their own individual project independently. This was time consuming since each one took a
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and caused physical and mental problem of employees. This report will discuss that long working hours do much more harms than it can benefit although it may decrease employees’ financial burden and overall have a positive effect on companies’ productivity. Two main reasons are that it harms employees’ health, and has negative influence on their family and social life Key aspects of long working hours 1. Positive impacts Firstly, in terms of employees themselves, it is true that long working
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impact on all aspects of a business. It is one of the driving factors behind growth for businesses today. With all of this technology surrounding us, companies search for ways to increase productivity and to be the top in their field. Sametime is a solution option for many companies on how to increase productivity among employees. Sametime offers so many options that make day-to-day business efficient and almost effortless. Sametime allows for fewer interruptions and less time spent on these interruptions
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Chosen Article: Bank intern who died after 'working for 72 hours' felt pressure to excel. Written by Victoria Ward & Anna Hill, (2013). An intern who died after allegedly working for 72 hours straight at a leading Citybank had admitted that he felt “pressurised” to succeed. Moritz Erhardt, 21, was found dead as he neared the end of a gruelling seven-week placement with the Bank of America Merrill Lynch's (BAML) investment bank division. He collapsed in the shower in his student flat
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currently trying to capitalize on. Recommendations After assessing the current strategy at Toyota there are a few recommendations I would make to help them succeed going forward. For one they may want to consider focusing less on labour productivity, as this no longer provides them with as much of a competitive advantage. They may also want to consider investing more in the emerging markets like China and Europe, as well as areas in Africa. They are currently a leader in environmentally friendly
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of technology problems these companies face. Another problem being information overload. Too much information to manage can be overwhelming for employees (Locker & Kienzler, 2008). Over loading employees make it harder to maintain or increase productivity levels. References Locker, K., & Kienzler, D. (2008). Business and administrative communication (8th ed.). New York, NY:
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