Which of the following is a characteristic of a high-performing work organization?
A. The company is able to raise its stock price by lowering its labor cost by closing a manufacturing plant in Wisconsin and subcontracting the work out to a plant in Indonesia.
B. The company introduces a fully automated manufacturing line that's able to reduce manufacturing time from 12 hours per unit to three hours per unit. This automation will result in 22 employees being laid off but will save the company nearly $900,000 per year in labor and manufacturing costs.
C. The company must discontinue three of its product lines because they're no longer able to manufacture the products at a competitive price. The company profits fall, but all of the employees are able to retain their jobs.
D. The company introduces three pieces of new machinery in the assembly line that will result in the elimination of six jobs. The six workers whose jobs are in question are retrained to work in a different department.