Recently, R G has struggled to recruit talented teenagers for the apprentice program. Most teenagers in Finland complete secondary school and go to university. Many of them graduate as engineers and design technologists. As a consequence, Anni Raapin, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of R G, is considering changing the overall production process at R G. She wants to change from a traditional batch production process using professional craftsmen, to an automated flow production process led by two highly trained engineers. These engineers will manage the new production process operated by low-skilled workers.
Even if R G changes to this new production process, the professional craftsmen will not be made redundant. The oldest craftsmen will be offered early retirement. Others will become managers of the new flow production process; the youngest ones will become low-skilled workers. As the craftsmen retire, they will be replaced by workers who have not trained as apprentices and have no knowledge of the traditional batch production process. These new workers will be paid half the salary of the previous professional craftsmen.
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* apprentice: typically a young person between 15 and 25 years old, who is learning a trade or occupation.
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