Suppose That a Plant Manager Is Only Evaluated Based on the Partial

question 78

Short Answer

Suppose that a plant manager is only evaluated based on the partial productivity measure: output/(number of employees). If she replaces 10% of the workforce with robots (one robot per replaced worker), and output remains the same, what will be the percent change in this measure of productivity?

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Definitions:

Drug Therapy

The use of psychotropic drugs to reduce the symptoms of psychological disorders.

Brain Stimulation

Interventions that directly or indirectly stimulate the brain in order to bring about psychological improvement.

Electroconvulsive Therapy

A psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to relieve severe mental disorders.

ECT

Electroconvulsive Therapy, a medical treatment most commonly used for severe depression which involves inducing seizures in anesthetized patients through electrical currents.