You are the supervisor for a team of employees who have a high number of product defects. They also waste materials. You recognize that products defects and wasted materials affect your department's budget. You have told your team to decrease the amount of wasted materials, bur your employees do not seem to are. How can you get them to increase their quality and decrease waste

I will write a memo to the management office requesting for a complete change of team members in my department.

Explanation:

In this case in which the staffs do not care about the high number of defective products, and material wastage, I will try to persuade the team to decrease the amount of waste as stated. If talking to the team members does not fix the problem, then I will write to the management office requesting for a complete change of team members. The reason is that first, my effectiveness and job as the supervisor of such a wasteful team will be questioned and will be at risk, and I stand to lose a lot if I do not do anything about it. Requesting for a change of some of the team member won't fix the problem, the members that are retained in the team will still pass this wasteful culture to the new team members, which would not justify the change. Bringing in a fresh batch of workers will allow me set the new standard, and enforce the new standard, which will be to minimizing defective products and waste.