The manager of a cherry orchard wants to schedule the annual harvest. if the cherries are picked now, the average yield per tree will be 100 lb, and the cherries can be sold for 50 cents per pound. past experience shows that the yield per tree will increase about 8 lb per week, while the price will decrease about 4 cents per pound per week. how many weeks should the manager wait to get an average revenue of $44.88 per tree?

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above