Human workforce

• Training a human workforce


  1. Staff know the best and quickest methods to make a product

  2. Motivate staff to work harder, because they may feel more valued and so want to contribute to the success of the business
• Training the workforce

  May result in an initial drop in productivity while the workforce takes the training and gradually becomes accustomed to the new way of working
• Instructing the workforce to increase productivity

  Set the workforce higher targets to meet during the day
• Using piecework

  Workers are paid only for the units they produce, so they're motivated to work faster
• Using piecework

  Can lead to a reduction in product quality
• Hiring a key worker

  • Help to motivate and monitor the workforce, and increase productivity
  • The additional cost of extra employment should be compared against the productivity gains
• Three ways a firm could improve its productivity

  • Upgrade existing machinery
  • Train the human workforce
  • Hire a key worker