A manager checked production records and found that a worker produced 185 units while working 50...

A manager checked production records and found that a worker produced 185 units while working 50 hours. In the previous week, the same worker produced 116 units while working 40 hours.

a. Compute Current period productivity and Previous period productivity. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)


Current period productivity			Units / hr
Previous period productivity			Units / hr

b. Did the worker's productivity increase, decrease, or remain the same? (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

Worker's productivity

by %

Solutions

Expert Solution

a. Productivity = Total Units Produced/Number of hours worked

Current period productivity = (185/50)

= 3.7 Units per hour

Previous period productivity = (116/40)

= 2.9 Units per hour

b. The workers productovity has increased

Percentage Increase = {(Current Productivity - Old Productivity)/Old Productivity}*100

= {(3.7-2.9)/2.9}*100

= 27.59%

keosha answered 1 year ago

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