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We're Leaner, Meaner, and Going Nowhere Faster (page 11)

1. Define productivity.
   
   
   
   
2. Describe Chrysler's increase in productivity.
   
   
   
   
3. Why have increases in productivity been low in the past 25 years?
   
   
   
   

   
   

Big Steelmakers Shape Up (page 9)

1. How did big U.S. steelmakers turn their industry around?
   
   
   
   
2. What is one measure of efficiency in the steel industry and how does the U.S. stack up?
   
   
   
   
3. What is a mini-mill and how have mini-mills impacted the steel industry?
   
   
   
   
4. Describe the change in attitude by the United Steelworkers of America.
   
   
   
   

   Lifetime Jobs Die Prematurely as Japan Downsizes (p.8)

   1. How is Japan's concept of lifetime employment becoming undone?
      
      
      
      
   2. What are the implications to U.S. firms if the Japanese adapt to the Western economic model?
      
      
      
      
   3. What tactics do Japanese firms use to "fire" employees?
      
      
      
      
   4. Why is Japanese productivity lagging that of other countries?
      
      
      
      

      
      

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