Additional homework problems are available at www. pearsonhighered.com/bozarth. These problems…

Additional homework problems are available at www. pearsonhighered.com/bozarth. These problems use Excel to generate customized problems for different class sections or even different students. (* = easy; ** = moderate; *** = advanced)  Marci spends 15 hours researching and writing a 20-page report for her philosophy class. Jack brags that he has a “streamlined process” for performing the researching and writing. Jack takes just 8 hours to research and write the paper, but his report is only 15 pages long.

a. (*) Calculate Marci’s and Jack’s productivity. What is the output? What is the input? Is this a single-factor or multifactor productivity measure? b. (**) What are the limitations of using productivity measures to evaluate Marci’s and Jack’s performance? What other performance measures might the instructor use?