Question

The Board of Directors of your company is considering whether to employ the service of some experts or allow their employees to work on the methods of improving their production process and product brands.

As a manager, how would you advise the board on this decision?

Answer 1

As a manager I would say that the Board of Directors should allow their employees to work on the methods of improving their production process and product brands, because employees know their production system very well. As they are permanent employees, they know the lacuna of their production process and can suggest well where to improve. They have sufficient knowledge about the product brands. They are dealing with the customers directly and know much better about the requirements of customers. Even they know their competitors very well, so they can suggest better ideas to improve their product brands.

Again employees are the backbone of an organization, their participation in the decision making process is highly essential. As they are actively involved in the production process, they can give some excellent ideas regarding the improvement of the production process, product brands or any other aspects of the organization.They will feel empowered when they are invited to join in the decision making process of the company.

It also saves time and money when the Board of Directors allow their workers to work on the improvement of their production process, their employees will not take lot of time to analyze the matter because they are already working on it, where as hired experts will take lot of time to investigate the matter and make a thorough analysis on it.

So, my advise to Board of Directors would be, allow employees to work on the methods of improving your production process and brands.