Imagine you are advising a family-owned mochi business that has seen a surge in customer demand. What advice would you give them in light of your understanding of Scientific Management to increase productivity among their workforce?

a.

Allow workers to figure out their own method of packaging the mochi, since they might all have different approaches which work best for them.

b.

Give the most productive worker a bonus and make it a competition.

c.

Give the workers a target number of mochi to make - and make sure the number is high enough to be motivating.

d.

Both (a) and (c)

e.

None of the above

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