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Fahd works as an engineer in a factory and has good experience in developing manufacturing methods and mechanisms. He has developed and amended the methods and mechanisms of work in the factory in which he works, which has resulted in reducing costs by rates ranging between 20% and 50% in some cases, and because of a disagreement between him. And between the newly appointed factory manager, Fahd submitted his resignation and was appointed on the second day in another factory about 50 km from the first. Fahd began - as usual - working in the new factory - a public shareholding company - and began to think about developing production mechanisms and methods, and presented a plan to develop some production tools that would save 40% of the production cost, but he was surprised by the general manager's rejection of the new idea before its implementation and asked him not to Wasting time thinking about innovation and development, because the way they work has achieved satisfactory profits for them, and for decades, there is no need to change it. Fahd went to the direct supervisor and asked him to try the new method without the knowledge of the general manager, and the supervisor agreed. And it was applied by one of the distinguished employees and it led to a saving in production costs by 45%. Fahd told the general manager of this result, but the manager asked him to repeat the experiment again by applying it to his slowest employee. The next day, the new method was tested by that employee, but the result was surprising as the cost of production according to the new method rose by 5%, but the slow employee applied this method while complaining as if he was in agreement with the general manager. An evaluation of the case is required guided by the following questions 1. Between the reasons and factors that prompted the general manager of the second factory to reject the idea of developing production methods? 2. Did the supervisor act appropriately? 3. Among the reasons that made the second employee deliberately thwart the new production method? 4. In your opinion, what is the preferred method that an engineer should follow before trying the new method?

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