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1.4 Production, costs and revenue

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Question 64

A high-volume consumer electronics assembly firm seeks to achieve a sustained increase in its labour productivity. Which of the following measures is most likely to successfully increase labour productivity (output per worker-hour)?

A

Increasing the standard shift duration from 8 hours to 11 hours to maximise daily machinery utilisation

B

Expanding the workforce by hiring temporary, semi-skilled assembly workers to meet seasonal surges in demand

C

Replacing highly specialised assembly line roles with generalised, multi-activity job descriptions to reduce task repetition

D

Integrating advanced robotic assembly assists and training existing technicians to program and troubleshoot these systems

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1.4 Production, costs and revenue Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Economics
  3. /1.4 Production, costs and revenue

156 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Economics 1.4 Production, costs and revenue, covering 1.4.1 Production and productivity, 1.4.2 Specialisation, division of labour and exchange, 1.4.3 The law of diminishing returns and returns to scale (A-level only), 1.4.4 Costs of production, 1.4.5 Economies and diseconomies of scale, 1.4.6 Marginal, average and total revenue, 1.4.7 Profit, and 1.4.8 Technological change (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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