Identifying potential improvements on individual performance

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1. The appraisal process is one step involved in identifying potential improvements on individual performances. What is the most difficult part in determining the dimensions to be appraised? What is most helpful on a job analysis for designing an appraisal tool?

At Toyota, Taiichi Ohno developed numerous techniques for their automotive production facilites. This included:

a) slower tooling change-overs

b) reduced emphasis on work teams

c) continuous incremental imrovements called kaizen

d) keep the line moving reguardless of any problems

2. Your company has just been awarded a project to renovate part of an existing occupied building. Your customer has stated that prior to starting work, all existing conditions are to be reviewed and a plan is to be developed off what you discover for how the work will be conducted so as to not interrupt/disrupt any of the existing occupants and their on-going activities. You decide to look to technology to help accomplish and expedite this task. Identify a technological tool to enable the accomplishment of the task. Provide one advantage (include why this is so), one disadvantage (include why this is so) and how you will mitigate the identified disadvantage.

Identified technological tool:

Advantage (including why):

Disadvantage (including why):

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