Question

As potato harvest season approaches, the number of year-round llama wranglers is insufficient to meet the demand, so a few wranglers are hired just for the month it takes to haul the harvest down from the mountains to the anxious potato-festival crowd. This approach to meeting the labor requirements is called:

A) a tiered workforce.
B) offloading.
C) labor management.
D) yield management.

Answer 1

A. Tiered workforce

Step-by-step explanation:

Tiered workforce: This is an approach of meeting labor requirement by varying the level of workforce. During high demand for a product when existing workforce cannot longer meet the demands of consumers, firms employs extra staffs either ad-hoc or permanent staff. Ad-hoc staffs (temporary or part time) are usually hired so they can be laid off after the demand period.

This is done in order to cut down the cost of labor and to increase the firm's profits. Tiered workforce usually exist in a firm that produce seasonal product, they do not have high demand for their products all year round, so there is need to cut down cost when product is not highly demanded.

Answer 2

A) a tiered workforce.

Step-by-step explanation:

Tiered workforce approach refers to hiring additional workers only when the demand for labor increases and the permanent workers are not able to fulfill all the necessary tasks.

This applies to the llama wranglers because generally they are few but during harvest season they must take the llamas to another place and need extra help during that specific period.