Assignment: Improving Productivity
Write a paper of approximately 850 words in which you describe the relationship between methods to improve productivity and reduce cost, and how these methods impact employee motivation. Your paper should answer the following questions:
o In what ways are improving productivity and reducing costs independent processes, and in what ways are they mutually exclusive? How is employee motivation interrelated?
o How does a supervisor achieve success in these areas for his or her team?
o Describe a specific scenario from your own place of employment or personal experience, or find a real-world example, where productivity increased and cost decreased without negatively impacting motivation.
Include a minimum of three sources, which may consist of readings and other selections such as websites.