X considers the ratio: number of complaints per day/number of employees needed to handle those complaints, as a productivity measure that is best when it is large. What explains the company’s point of view? To a systems thinker, there is something wrong with this point of view. What is amiss

X considers the ratio: number of complaints per day/number of employees needed to handle those complaints, as a productivity measure that is best when it is large. What explains the company’s point of view? To a systems thinker, there is something wrong with this point of view. What is amiss

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Chapter19: Managing Quality And Performance

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