As a New Manager of a Production Division, You Have

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Essay

As a new manager of a production division, you have made the decision to incur more quality costs than the previous manager of the division incurred. How can you defend quality costs to executive management?

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Definitions:

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Psychophysiological Illness

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Stress Management

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Headaches

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