Question

You are provided two problem statements below (Homework Problem 1). For each, provide a score on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being best. Provide justification for each score that you gave. Example Problem Statements

1. We want to improve employee performance in the Human Resources (HR) department.

2. We want to improve sales revenue by 10%.

Answer 1

Problem statement	Score	Justification for each score that I gave
We want to improve employee performance in the Human Resources (HR) department.	9	Here, I have given that score cause, employee performance will play significant role, if we could improve employee performance, then organization could fulfill their strategic goals and objective.
We want to improve sales revenue by 10%.	8	Sales revenue has to be improved, as it could improve organization’s financial position, so, we should take it sincerely.
We want to improve productivity of the process plant by 25%	7	Productivity should be increased to take advantage of economic of scale.
We want to reduce inspection of product components once released from process area	4	Inspection should be reduced, instead, we could work on standard operating procedures that could make the product first time right, however, not all inspection can be eliminated, some critical products are to be inspected, hence, score 4 is given.