Volvo A.B., the Swedish auto rm, operated a car assembly plant at Uddevalla in 1988. The idea was to have a small team of highly skilled workers build an entire car. According to the pro- ponents, this would reduce the tedium associated with the conventional assembly line and cut ab- senteeism and turnover among workers. In 1991 there were reports that it took 50 hours of labor to assemble a car at Uddevalla, in contrast to 25 hours at Volvo's conventional assembly plant at Ghent, Belgium. a. If you were Volvo's chief executive o cer, what questions would you ask Uddevalla's managers, and what steps would you take?