paraphrase The process of developing labor standards analyzes employee performance through data points such as their production output per hour and setting standardized requirements to estimate consistent output. By setting these standards the company can better budget based on expected output however, tightening the standards will have consequences on employee behavior and morale. If the output expectation is set too high, the employees will feel overworked which will lead to negative views of the leadership team and increase turnover. On the flipside, if output standards are too low, the employees could procrastinate and rush at the end to meet the requirements