A manufacturing firm plans to place 120 new employees in three departments: Production (50%), Quality (30%), and Maintenance (20%). After six months, 10% of the Production recruits are transferred to Quality due to skill requirements. Calculate the number of employees in each department after the transfer and briefly discuss how effective placement contributes to organisational performance.
Answer
After transfer, Production has 54, Quality 42, Maintenance 24 employees; effective placement aligns skills with departmental needs, improves productivity, reduces turnover, and enhances overall performance.
Step-by-step solution
- Calculate the initial number in Production: 50% of 120 = employees.
- Calculate the initial number in Quality: 30% of 120 = employees.
- Calculate the initial number in Maintenance: 20% of 120 = employees.
- Find the number to be transferred from Production: 10% of 60 = employees.
- Subtract the transferred employees from Production: employees remain in Production.
- Add the transferred employees to Quality: employees in Quality.
- Note that Maintenance remains unchanged at 24 employees.
- Summarise the final distribution and explain that placing right people in the right department ensures skills are utilised, leading to higher productivity, lower attrition and better overall performance.
Common mistake: Applying the 10% transfer to the total workforce instead of the Production base
Concept tested: Placement and its impact
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