Question: Read following article given and decide if the specimen answers below are applied in context to the article.
Article: FruitStax is a manufacturing business that specialises in making real fruit ice lollies on a mass scale. They employ 1500 people with job roles ranging from production line workers, production managers, office workers and managers in a range of other functional areas such as; finance, marketing, sales, logistics and human resources. Over the last six months, Fruitstax has seen an increase in its labour turnover, with most employees citing boredom and low morale as their reason for leaving. Most of the employees that have left were production line workers. FruitStax need to address this issue before they lose more workers. They have some ideas below. Your task is to identify which suggestions for increasing motivation have been written in context, and which ones haven't.
Specimen answer 1
We can motivate the workers by giving them an extra day of holiday.
Is this applied in context? Yes or No. Why?
Specimen answer 2
We could motivate workers on the production line if we gave them a variety of jobs to do. Job rotation is one way of doing this, so they do not get bored doing the same job each shift. This means we will also have a more flexible workforce and one which could increase promotional opportunities for them.
Is this applied in context? Yes or No. Why?
Specimen answer 3
According to Taylor's theory of motivation, workers are only motivated by money so an autocratic style is the only way to get work done, along with an increase in the hourly rate we pay.
Is this applied in context? Yes or No. Why?
Specimen answer 4
Our production line workers may have some useful input on how we introduce the new machinery to increase efficiency eith out new product line. If we use a democratic style of leadership, rather than autocratic, it might motivate them as it shows we value their opinions on the changing working practises that will affect them on the factory floor.
Is this applied in context? Yes or No. Why?
