Kapil and Kamal and Company is a large manufacturing unit. Recently the company had conducted time and motion studies and concluded that on an average, a worker could produce 300 units per day. However, it has been noticed that the average daily production of a worker is in the range of 200-225 units.
(i) Name the function of management and identify the step in the process of this function which helped in finding out that the actual production of the worker is less than the set target.
(ii) To complete the process of function identified in question (a) and to ensure the performance as per time and motion studies, explain what further steps a manager has to take.
Kapil and Kamal and Company is a large manufacturing unit. Recently the company had conducted time and motion studies and concluded that on an average, a worker could produce 300 units per day. However, it has been noticed that the average daily production of a worker is in the range of 200-225 units.
(i) Name the function of management and identify the step in the process of this function which helped in finding out that the actual production of the worker is less than the set target.
(ii) To complete the process of function identified in question (a) and to ensure the performance as per time and motion studies, explain what further steps a manager has to take.
(i) The management function considered in the case is 'Controlling' and the step in the process of this function is measuring the actual performance of workers.in Kapil and Kamal and Company. In this step the efforts of the workers measured in terms of performance of workers and the equipment tools used and the actual resulting performance of the workers.
(ii) The results of the workers with the ideal production will be compared and then deviations will be analysed. As the workers produce 200-225 units instead of 300 units, the company should focus their attention on determining areas of improvement and take corrective actions.
(i) The management function considered in the case is 'Controlling' and the step in the process of this function is measuring the actual performance of workers.in Kapil and Kamal and Company. In this step the efforts of the workers measured in terms of performance of workers and the equipment tools used and the actual resulting performance of the workers.
(ii) The results of the workers with the ideal production will be compared and then deviations will be analysed. As the workers produce 200-225 units instead of 300 units, the company should focus their attention on determining areas of improvement and take corrective actions.
