Answer the following questions:

• Explain what happened to productivity of U.S. firms in 2007.
• Identify some of the steps that supervisors can take to improve their departments and productivity.
• Describe some ways in which supervisors impact safety performance.

Your answers must be written in a short essay format (APA style, cover page, in-text citation, reference page) and in addition to your textbook reference you must also provide two other references from the FNU Electronic Library Database. Your written content must be no less than 200 words per answer.