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SCENARIO 1: THE PRODUCTIVITY DIVIDEND DECISION As head of the transmission/distribution group (TD group) in the city's water agency (a government corpora- tion), you have been asked to reduce costs over the next year by a minimum of three percent without undermining service. Your department employs about 300 people who are responsible for constructing and maintaining water lines throughout the city. Although you have an engineering background, the work is complex and involves several professions and trades. Even the TD group's first line supervisors (one or two levels below you in the hierarchy) are not fully knowledgeable of all aspects of the business You believe that most employees support or at least accept the city's recent mandate to reduce costs (called the "productivity dividend initiative"). The city leaders have stated that this initiative will not result in any lay-offs this year. However, the labour union representing most noomanagement staff in the water agency (including most of your employees) is concerned that the productivity dividend initiative will reduce employment numbers over time and increase employee workloads. Although the TD group is a separate department within the city water agency, it affects most other work units in the agency. It is possible, for example, that ideas that reduce costs in the TD group might increase costs elsewhere. The TD group employees may be unaware of or care about these repercussions because there is limited interaction with or social bonding with employees in the departments

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Facilitated the team's decision the entire decision-making process is handed over to a team of committee of subordinates. You serve only as a facilitator to guide the decision process and keep everyone on track. The team identify the problem, discover alternative solutions .Choosen the best alternative, and implements their choices.

It is good to make a team decision to solve a problem, because it is easy to reduce the stress of work. Several people in a group can reduce the workload because everyone has a problem solving skill. A teamwork can provide a productive result of the work.

If some problem occur, team member solve this with all efforts. they will find out the alternate solution of a problem and will select the best solution.

Through this team work all will get money information from each other to solve the problem.