Question

Melissa: We must become more flexible if we are to meet our personnel needs and maximize efficiency. In the past, we simply hired as many full-time employees as we thought we needed. But, this focus has caused us to lose many valuable employees. We should offer flextime and job sharing options to help us keep and attract talented employees.
Jennifer: Alternatives to traditional job design approaches can lead to significant cost savings. We are expected to have 500 more employees than our current facility allows next year, but my analysis reveals 600 of our employees could telecommute. Therefore, we can avoid costly actions such as moving our offices or building extensions if these workers became telecommuters. Job sharing can also reduce facility costs as well as payroll costs. Which of the following, if true, would strengthen Melissa's argument?

Answer 1

Melissa's argument will be strengthen by the fact that most of the employees want their duty hours to be more flexible, depending on their lifestyle. This would mean that more of the employees will be encouraged to join the company and perform better in order to stay.