WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION: jor manuf. Sof America. It has ste : actors who make some of the paris onthe ae companies, Whirlpool Coxporationjahi located in Michigan State, which turns metal-rodsiints machine parts. ao i The plants is not a high-tech, state of the’ art*facili only a small old fashioned tooling and planting *sho company employs 265 workers. Because of lor the company was considering closing the plant. also did not want to invest additional capital ‘tolupgradé‘the technology. It did, however, revamp the manufacturin| Whirlpool is a the United State: remained low, the rate of defective parts in stheyproduction remained high and the employees morale remainediigenerally low. : . a Then the company decided to introduce a plan whereby the workers would be Productiy} S im; ince thy p against 92.8 pare Proved 19% to. 1] se | the number Bee worker Prior to es ren 2g y, | Ve parts has decreased fr eee AG e037 sed from as Scanned with CamScannerpiillion down to only 10 per million. During this time, the total ‘worker: pay increased, by 12 per cent. The workers have become so involved that they themselves keep ‘looking for ways to cut costs. For example, one group of workers’ hasbeen involved in finding ways to recycle the oil uséd:to cool'and lubricate machines. If these efforts are successful, the:workers “feel that they'can save about $4 41,000.00—which can bi ‘shared by them. en. though the program has been successful, some s areunhappy that the gains are shared by all workers this inhibits individual motivation. They feel that ve workers and this arrangement does not seem to:be equitable. motivators for workers as individuals? eplain how the. program has motivated the . workers at Whirlpool i€orporation. should’ the management continue with the current . nanitf turing facilities or should it invest capital in githe technology of production? Which option elp.the management more qnd why? A ‘anzthe management do about the unproductive workers'who are getting the same benefits as the productive sworkers? 4° Thyowy ‘Were the CEO what actions you would take. Scanned with CamScanner