Due to heavy rise in demand for tea in international market and simultaneous incentive given by government on tea plantation, a tea company wants to go for a large-scale expansion of its tea plantation in Assam. To implement the project, the company need a large number of sapling and a huge motivated work force.
(a) What is the best option for the company to arrange large number of sapling?
(b) What are the minimum facilities that the company should provide to its workers?
(c) What additional step can the company take to motivate the workers to put extra effort into successful expansion of the plantation?
(a) The best option for the company to arrange large number of saplings is by vegetative reproduction, through cutting of tea plant, or by tissue culture methods.
(b) The company must provide adequate salary to its workers. They must be made to work only for fixed hours, which can be rotatory in nature, healthy working environment must also be provided.
(c) The incentives received from cover can be distributed amongst the workers, their working environment can be made happy and healthy so as to motivate them to put extra efforts. They can be made a part of planning and management, where their ideas and opinions can be valued.