问答题
Cutting Departmental Costs
Costs involved in running your department have risen sharply, you have been asked to consider how these costs could be reduced. Discuss, and decide together:
·What reasons there might be for the sudden increase
·How staff can be encouraged to help reduce costs
Follow-on questions
·Who should take responsibility for controlling costs in a department ( why)
·Which are the areas which are usually most cost-intensive within a department (why)
·Should each area in a company be self-sufficient financially (why/why not)
·Is the current attitude that the costs likely to continue to increase on a world-wide scale (why/why not)