After reading two articles, answer 10 questions. You ONLY need to write maximum 4 sentences for each answer.

Workgroups assisted in the provision of multiple solutions to the problems that the employees faced as well as facilitating the overall social improvement. One of the cases that the workgroups helped as a means of social control is through the development of the use of new ideas in the involved workplace. Communication is another way that the workgroups assisted the involved organizations, and through this, the employees would be able to give suggestions on the areas that required more improvement.

2. What was the full meaning of “service overtime” and why did employees agree to it?

Service overtime referred to the hours that an employee may work in addition to the regular working hours. One of the reasons that made the employees agree with the service overtime is because they were promised that they would receive additional compensation as a result of their engagement in overdue in the workplace.

3. What, in Kofi’s view, was the logic behind the differences in work assignments between Japanese and foreigners?

The foreigners were given more chances as a result of the perception that the local community had. For that case, Kofi believed that the difference in work assignments among the domestic Japanese workers and the foreigners was as a result of the skills that the foreigners had.

4. What was the typical set of company responses when a temporary worker was injured?

When a temporary worker was injured while serving the organization, the organization stated that there were adequate measures that would assist in the prevention of the risks that they incurred. The company also noted that the temporary employees suffered as a result of their malpractices in their operations. The management failed to accept their failure in the implementation of plans that would assist in the prevention of the threats that the employees would face.

5. How was the Union victory of one extra vacation day a year implemented by the company?

After viewing that the employees needed an extra vacation day in a year, the organization decided that the employees would need to be offered an extra day. The union victory of one additional vacation day was implemented through the provision of the knowledge about the benefits that would be associated with the extra vacation day. This resulted in the appreciation between the members of the firm towards the proposal, thus contributing towards its successful implementation.

6. What were the company’s cost-cutting measures in the factory?

There are different measures that an organization may put in place to ensure that it reduces the rate at which it uses the available resources. For this organization, working as a team among the members of the organization was an appropriate strategy that assisted towards the cutting of cost that the organization incurred. Increasing the measures of safety improvement was another method that assisted in the reduction of the expenses that the firm may incur in overcoming some of the safety threats.

7. Why were employees reluctant to take the company up on its offer of refresh (refresh) leave?

Change implementation is a relatively complex task that some employees in any workplace. For the state employees, they were reluctant about the offer that was offered to them as they did not believe that it would benefit them in their daily operations. Another factor that made the employees show reluctance is the fact that they were initially in complex situations that required them to analyze any offer that they were given.

8. How and what did Mehri learn about karōshi (death from overwork)?

Karoshi refers to the unpredicted occupational mortality that occurs as a result of stress as well as a starvation diet. Mehri learned about death from overwork when he realized that there was a reduction in the performance of the employees as a result of their overwork in the workplace. Mehri also learned that there is a need to ensure that people are given chances to relax in order to manage sone if the health issues that may promote Karoshi.

9. What was the purpose of “work-sharing” and what was its effect on smaller companies?

Work-sharing had the goal of ensuring that the different people who came from these organizations were able to learn how they can manage some of the tasks in the organization. On smaller companies, work sharing has the effect of bringing about the members of the organization together, thus ensuring the improved performance of the small organization.

10. Why did Mehri’s co-workers envy members of the UAW?

There were several reasons that made the coworkers of Mehri not relate well with the other employees of the UAW. The feeling that the members of the UAW were given opportunities that they believed were meant to be theirs. Another issue that made the Mehri's coworkers envy the members of the UAW is the fact that they thought that the UAW members were more skilled as compared to them.