HOW IS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT RELEVANT TO YOU?

A.Which function/area/issue (strategy, processes, analytics) is most meaningful/important to you (your current job, your career, your current employment, your future plans, etc.)? Please explain briefly.

HIGH PERFORMANCE WORK SYSTEMS

Work systems and the "human" component are important aspects of operations management. High performance work systems are characterized by an increased opportunity for all employees to participate in decision-making, an established routine of training, appropriate employee incentives, as well as an infrastructure for communicating and sharing information.

A. Please draw on your experiences, business news, management aspects with which you are familiar, etc. and your knowledge of a real company to address the following issue: Can managers simultaneously give workers the satisfaction they want from their work and still give the organization the productivity and efficiency to survive economically? Why or why not? If yes, how? If no, what should be the main priority of an organization?