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When management is confronted with serious problems such as a sudden increase in manufacturing costs, it often overlooks the obvious approach to a solution: going directly to the supervisors at the first line, where the money is spent, to find out what has gone wrong and why.

The human resources executive is able to persuade top management that these problems could be resolved only if a true appraisal is made of the present status of the foreman position, with all its attendant problems. Top management commissions the human resources executive to make this study, and he selected his own team. The time allotted is short, and good results have to be obtained.

The objectives of the study team is twofold: first, identify the forces, if any, which hamper the [url=http://www.sandvikfw.net/shopuk.php]hollister sale[/url] [url=http://www.sxlxh.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=36166][/url] effectiveness of the foreman and diminish his motivation; second, come up with recommendations for removing these negative forces and thus bringing excess costs down to a reasonable, acceptable limit. Major emphasis was placed on production foremen.

The personal interview technique is adopted by the study team. Starter questions included these:

- Has the foreman position changed in the past two years? If has, in which important ways?
- Has the foreman responsibility increased, decreased, or remained the same in the past [url=http://panzi.host.cf6.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=156421][/url] two years? If has changed, in what important ways?
- Does the present management organization exert an influence on the foreman position? If so, explain how.
- Is the present organization of the factory sound and effective? If not, in what specific ways can it be improved?
- What are the major problems facing the foreman today? How would you solve these problems?
- Where should management get men to fill foremen's positions?
- Are new foremen adequately trained? If not, how can training be improved?
- Do foremen receive proper assistance and guidance from the managers to whom they report? If not, in what ways can management be improved?
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- What can management do to improve the foreman's position?
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The information obtained from the interviews is pooled with an earlier foremen [url=http://www.jordanpascherofficiel.com]air jordan pas cher[/url] attitude survey, comparative salary surveys, and exit interviews of minority group employees who had voluntarily left the company. The information generated from these interviews and other sources seemed to divide itself into five major areas: the foreman position, recruitment and training, communication, pay and recognition, and attitudes.

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