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to layoff so many workers in the recent past. The introduction of one of these schemes
should be given the greatest urgency.
Item sixteen: Staff newsletter
Copies of our staff newsletter have been seen in our competitors' offices. Surely we should
restrict the information that is included in such a newsletter to basic news about staff social
events and other announcements of this type rather than giving the detail that we do about
contracts and new developments. All this is doing is giving the competition information
about our future plans. They do not do the same to us, and as a result we are at a severe
disadvantage.
Item seventeen: Health and fitness
Though absences from sickness have declined, the firms' performance in the local football
league has got steadily worse. Surely we should be trying to encourage staff to be fit? All
our current work schedules make it impossible for staff to take time off to train. We should
establish a new company policy that makes it possible for staff to become fitter through
team sport.
Item eighteen: Air conditioning and illness
The combination of nylon carpets and air conditioning in some of the offices is making staff
unwell. Can something be done about it?
Item nineteen: Suggestion scheme.
Since the introduction of the suggestion award scheme, the production department has
been achieving 70 per cent success while sales and marketing only achieve 35 per cent.
Surely this cannot be because all the ideas of production department are worth that much
more than those from sales and marketing?
Item twenty: 'Smart' valve work reassignment
Because staffing of the 'smart' valve project comes almost entirely from the production
department, and no additional staff have been recruited to replace them, many of the
peripheral activities of the production department are no longer possible. Could other
departments be asked to carry more of the work burden in these areas?
Item twenty one: Administration structure
We appear to have continual problems with a whole series of minor administrative issues.
For example, there is bickering from the production department concerning the reallocation
of duties during the 'smart' valve project. Similarly it is quite clear that some administrative
matters are not being handled as well as they should be. Surely it would be sensible to
create a works management group that could have the authority to discuss most matters
and initiate action? Membership could include union representatives, junior, middle and
senior management.
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