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1、BusinessStudiesforAlevelUnitProductivityandperformance33Revisionquestions(40marks;40minutes)1Whatismeantbytheterm‘productivity’?(3)●Productivityisameasurementofefficiency;itmeasurestheoutputofafirminrelationtoitsinputs.2Whymayitbehardtomeasuretheproductivityofstaffwhoworkinserviceindu

2、stries?(4)●Thereisnotangibleoutput(e.g.itwouldbedifficulttomeasuretheproductivityofateacher,doctororreceptionist).3Howdoesproductivityrelatetolabourcostsperunit?(4)●Anincreaseinproductivityshouldresultinafallinlabourcostsperunitasthelabourcostwillbespreadoveragreaternumberofunits.4Ex

3、plainhowafirmmightbeabletoincreaseitsemployees’productivity.(4)●Training.●Improvedtechnology.●Bettercapitalequipment.●Increasedmotivation.5Howcanincreasedinvestmentinmachineryhelptoboostproductivity?(3)●Workingwithbettermachinesshouldenablefasterproductionandsomoreoutputperworkerperd

4、ay.Theremaybelessdowntimeandlesstimetochangeoverfromproducingoneproducttoanother.6Identifytwofactorsthathelpandtwofactorsthatlimityourproductivityasastudent.(4)Anysensibleanswershouldbecredited.Possibleanswersinclude:●help–goodteaching,goodtimemanagement●limitations–workingcondition

5、s(e.g.whetheryouhavespaceandquiettoworkin),whetheryouhavetherightbooks/notes.©HodderEducation2008BusinessStudiesforAlevel33UnitProductivityandperformance7Outlinethelikelyeffectofincreasedmotivationontheproductivityofateacher.(5)●Couldleadtomoreeffectiveteaching–betterpreparation,bet

6、terrelationshipwithstudents,fastermarkingturnaroundtimesandbetterresults.8LookatthetablebelowandcalculatethechangeinproductivityatBDQCosincelastyear.(4)OutputNumberofstaffLastyear32,00050Thisyear30,00040●Lastyear:32,000/50640●Thisyear:30,000/407509Explainhowmotivationandproductivi

7、tymightbelinked.(4)●Greatermotivationmayleadtoincreasedproductivityasmotivatedworkersmakemoreeffortandworkfaster.Also,motivatedworkersarelesslikelytotakesickdaysandthiswouldalsohelptoincreaseproductivity.10Explainhowproductivitycanbelinkedtounitlabourcosts.(5)●Seeanswertoquestion3,a

8、bove.Revisionexerci