bonus would be paid to all members of the department and would provide a bonus payment to new workers as well as experienced workers. This strategy would give new workers the feeling that they "belong" to the organization and would help them become part of the team faster. Also, experienced workers would be encouraged to help new workers since their group bonus would be based on bringing the new workers up to speed quickly.
This approach would also help smooth over the transition as workers are asked to move from one job to another. Since these workers would participate in group bonuses, and since they are already experienced in the general operations of the company, there would be less fear in moving to the new position and greater incentive to come up to speed.
Harwood must also stop the practice that workers have of storing up excess pieces to be counted as they need. This should not be a difficult task and could be accomplished by redoing the work area so that it becomes difficult to hide completed pieces. If the bonus system is reworked to the p
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