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    Tom Jacobson owns Equip, Inc. which is facing decreasing productivity due to a labor shortage. Many jobs are unfilled and employees are leaving for competitors. To address this, Tom could sell the business, automate jobs with robots/computers, or offer flexible work arrangements and training programs. While selling eliminates business worries, the timing may lose money. Automation is expensive and skills would degrade. Flexible arrangements and training would allow recruiting, developing, motivating and retaining workers while upgrading diversity and multiskilling employees to adapt to changes, increasing productivity cost-effectively. Tom chooses this last option.

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    Tom Jacobson owns Equip, Inc. which is facing decreasing productivity due to a labor shortage. Many jobs are unfilled and employees are leaving for competitors. To address this, Tom could sell the business, automate jobs with robots/computers, or offer flexible work arrangements and training programs. While selling eliminates business worries, the timing may lose money. Automation is expensive and skills would degrade. Flexible arrangements and training would allow recruiting, developing, motivating and retaining workers while upgrading diversity and multiskilling employees to adapt to changes, increasing productivity cost-effectively. Tom chooses this last option.

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    Tom Jacobson owns Equip, Inc. which is facing decreasing productivity due to a labor shortage. Many jobs are unfilled and employees are leaving for competitors. To address this, Tom could sell the business, automate jobs with robots/computers, or offer flexible work arrangements and training programs. While selling eliminates business worries, the timing may lose money. Automation is expensive and skills would degrade. Flexible arrangements and training would allow recruiting, developing, motivating and retaining workers while upgrading diversity and multiskilling employees to adapt to changes, increasing productivity cost-effectively. Tom chooses this last option.

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    Tom Jacobson owns Equip, Inc. which is facing decreasing productivity due to a labor shortage. Many jobs are unfilled and employees are leaving for competitors. To address this, Tom could sell the business, automate jobs with robots/computers, or offer flexible work arrangements and training programs. While selling eliminates business worries, the timing may lose money. Automation is expensive and skills would degrade. Flexible arrangements and training would allow recruiting, developing, motivating and retaining workers while upgrading diversity and multiskilling employees to adapt to changes, increasing productivity cost-effectively. Tom chooses this last option.

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    Case Study Report

    I. Statement of the Problem

    A. Definitions : Tom Jacobson may have to sell equip, Inc., if he cannot find skilled
    workers and increase producticity.

    B. Analysis : Equip, Inc., is facing a decrease in productivity because it has a labour


    shortage. Many jobs are unfilled and several employees are leaving the company
    to go to work for competitors.

    II. Suggestions of Possible Solutions

    A. Tom Jacobson could sell Equip


    B. Tom Jacobson could purchase robots and computers to take the place of certain
    employees to de-skill jobs through automation.
    C. Tom Jacobson could offer flexible work arrangements and training programs to
    the employees at Equip.

    III. Evaluation of Possible Solutions

    A. Tom Jacobson could sell Equip.

    1. Adventages : No more business worries for Tom.

    2. Disadventages : Poor time to sell may lose money.

    B. Tom Jacobson could purchase robots and computers to take the place of certain
    employees to de-skill jobs through automation.

    1. Adventages : Possible solution to labor shortage and productivity decrease.

    2. Disadventages : Great expense, technology become quickly absolute and the


    worker’s skill would be down graded.

    C. Tom Jacobson could offer flexible work arrangements and training programs to
    the employees at Equip.

    1. Adventages : Ability to recruit, develop, motivate and keep works and


    upgrade ro diversity their Equip.

    2. Disadventages : Need for recructuring of personal policies and replacement


    of personal director (which may not be a disadventages).
    IV. Selection of Solution

    A. Choice : Tom Jacobson and should offer the employees flexible work
    arragements at Equip (flexi time, job-sharing, part-time job, family leaves,
    sabbaticals, child care) and training in basic skills.

    B. Justification : Equip will have to match the current work option offered by other
    companies if it wishes to remain competitive as an employer in the area. These
    job options will enable/Equip to increase productivity will there for be cost
    effective. In addition, Equip can train is employees so they are multiskills and can
    adapt to new condition and technology, which will increase productivity.

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