Assignment

Investigate the degree to which human resources are related to the other factors (project management, product design, process strategy, location decisions, layout decisions, etc.). In a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document, address the following:

• Identify inefficiencies in the way that human resources are utilized in a business at which you have worked in the past or with which you are familiar.

• Describe ways in which the inefficiencies that you have identified could be reduced or eliminated.

• Define what changes would be required to job designs in order to implement your suggested strategies for eliminating the inefficiencies.

• Identify how the way people are measured might need to be adjusted as a result of your suggestions.

• Explain whether additional compensation might need to be offered as a result of your plan to change job designs and work measurements.

Support your rational with examples.