Task: Real-Life Creative Problem Solving
Come up with an original and creative solution for the following real-world problem:
The Upper Management of Acme Company has been holding wage increases to a 6 percent level. The decision to hold wage increases came about from an effort to reduce product twice in the past year due to increased shipping costs of materials, and upper management does not feel that Acme can remain competitive if there are any future increases in the cost of their product. Unfortunately, the engineering job market in the area stands at about 12 jobs for every one trained engineer. Because of this, recruiters are cropping up and are enticing Acme's engineers with better jobs and better benefits. As of late, turnover among Acme's engineers has increased and productivity has decreased. Also, there is a considerable grumbling among current engineers about Acme's policy on wage increases. Mr. Wentworth, an executive vice president, has directed Scott to improve the situation in the engineering department. Mr. Wentworth feels that much of the dissatisfaction is based upon the recruiters' enticements of better opportunities in other places. The concern at Acme is to maintain a quality group of engineers at a high level of productivity. Management at Acme does not know how to solve this problem..

Response: Give engineers at Acme more benefits and make sure their working environment is healthy. Encourage them with raises if they continue to do a good job.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Upper management at Acme needs to "bribe" or persuade their engineers to stay productive and on their team by giving them incentives or higher awards aside from a pay wage. By giving them an extra prize, they will want to work harder and longer at the company
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme needs to make some other sacrifices so that they can continue to pay the engineers well and provide great benefits. Some things that they can do is sell more store brand products rather than name brands because it will be cheaper for shipping and handling.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: If acme can't increase their pay she can try to increase their benefits
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme should reconsider their wage increase policy and reconfigure it so it is more satisfactory among the workers. Additionally, Acme should put out a survey with a chance to win a gift card to ask for feedback.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: One way to help improve this situation is to provide the workers with more opportunity, but showing that you will pay more, intises people to stay, however only a select few will be offered the positions at the higher rates, theirfore people will want to improve their work ethic and performace on the task because they wan to be selected for the higher pay increase. then after the job is done you select the people and cut the rest, but now you have more demand for those jobs so people will likely want to work for cheaper to build their way up to the top. if that makes sense.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: As a way to keep engineers around, promise them a raise that will increase with time following the eventual drop in shipping prices.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Acme could offer to pay for further engineering education such as a graduate degree after a certain amount of years working their, and maybe even pair or buy out if money permits another company that relates in some form of engineering so their engineers have two companies within the same umbrella to jump between if need be without changing the direction of their career and the company not losing their engineer.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: In order to keep good engineers around, Acme should reduce their staff and let some of them go. Having less people hired can let more of them be payed more which would hopefully allow for them to be more productive and driven.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: To make the workers happy without increasing pay and increasing the price of the products, create more benefits for the workers. This could include better hours and health benefits.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme should also start "headhunting" and give appealing benefits to engineers. They should increase the wages, provide health benefits, as well as a positive work environment.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Have a contest to see who can create the best promotion plan for the company to help bring it back up and they get a fat bonus or for every ___ orders they get in they get a certain amount of money back so everyone is fighting to increase wages on their own by making the company more successful
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Offer better benefits, and wage increases to loyal engineers.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: The ACME company can provide benefits to groups of engineers that provide long term benefits that decrease the chance of employee turnover.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: This company needs a wage increase for the company to thrive. This means there needs to be a wage increase and they need to do this by possibly asking for donations at this point because of how bad the company is doing. The prices of products are too high and they must lower it even though they need the money from their products.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: they could decrease shipping costs by switching to a cheaper shipping material to give more money and incentive to engineers. or have the engineers come up with a better and cheaper shipping method.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: ACME should create a more positive and enticing work environment, showing that they truly care about their engineers to encourage them to stay
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: create fun incentives for those who stay and are in the top performance range, or are able to recruit other engineers
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: I believe the Acme needs to provide more benefits and perks for their employees, because while an increase in wage is a very good start, things such as health benefits and paid time off would likely help Acme retain employees and prevent them from leaving for work at more enticing "headhunting" corporations.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: I believe Acme could benefit from having better sales tactics and being able to become more profitable. If they can sell things for higher (marketed as higher end) then they can pay their engineers more money. Obviously, someone might have to be hired to increase their marketing efforts. I believe this would still work out in the long run as they would increase their profits.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: They need to raise its prices on goods to make it so they can still pay high-quality engineers the salaries that they deserve.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Find a way to reduce the price of the products.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Raise the wages
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme should create a better work environment that has benefits other places don't. Comfortable chairs and good food and drinks for breaks, permission to listen to music while working, and frequent work parties and breaks. This will make their employees happier and want to work there. If told these incentives, they will be more productive.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: There has to be a compromise on how much the engineers get paid because if it's less and they are working hard, they are not going to stay and work.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme needs to provide incentives for their workers. Though they may not be able to provide better pay than other companies, they can still create better atmospheres without breaking the bank. Interviews should make interviewees feel comfortable, with nice seating, smells, sounds, and behaviors from interviewers. The company can offer days where lunch is provided or days when employees can dress down. There should be a light, exciting atmosphere in the company where music is played and everyone has a positive attitude. Company parties, mental health days, employee bonding activities, and constant encouragement can incentivize people to work for the business.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: We should find a way to regulate prices and still increase wage.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: In addition to wage increases, Acme could also offer better benefits or insurance or potential payed time off / vacation days for the engineers to consider having more flexibility and leniency than at other jobs.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme needs to increase their pay and job benefits.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme management can increase the price of products that are in the highest demand or cost the least over time to accommodate for better wages for their engineers. A way to increase sales is to have sales and coupons that get customers in the door. Kohl's retail store often seems to mark up prices just to put them on sale for the original price. Maybe Acme would be interested in that.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: find more higher productive ideas for the engineers to stay
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Instead of advertising better pay, advertise the quality of work. Workers will value a pay cut for a fun and exciting work environment. If the employers like where they work, let it show out to others.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: If they can not offer the engineers more money they need to give them better incentives. Off on fridays in the summer, longer lunch breaks, longer holiday break, paid time off.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: They should cut down their staffing so that they can increase their benefits and give them better opportunities. Then they will entice in better engineers and be able to shape their quality group with high productivity
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: In the situation, it seems that Acme cannot afford to increase their prices anymore, and they also cannot afford to increase their engineer's wages anymore. Acme needs an alternative method to convince its engineers to except jobs elsewhere. If they can't increase wages, Acme should make it so that its engineers receive the best benefits from working for them, such as insurance and store discounts. This gives the engineers an incentive to stay and shows how much the company values them.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: Upper management needs to entice the engineers into staying by having better benefits, making the workplace more exciting/fun and being considerate of their employees.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Take some money to spend on cheaper materials that are still good quality and sustainable and use the profit you have to treat your employees with good rewards.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: They need to get rid of the people who do not do their jobs as well as others.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: up their salary
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme should increase the wage of the engineers to keep them from going to other companies, they should also give them other benefits to keep their workers satisfied.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme could send out a task to all engineers to see who completes the task the best, most efficiently and can fire the rest of the unwanted engineers.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: Acme needs to make sure they are rewarding their employees. They want to keep them at their company so a raise or a new gift every once in a while would help them. To maintain this it is necessary that they are wanting their employees to stay.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: The way that Acme can solve this problem is if they show their engineers that they are appreciated by the company and that they are a valued member of the company. How they can show  their gratitude in a multitude of ways, They can give paid vacations, give some stock in the company to senior engineers.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Acme should look at more efficient production options. If they can accomplish this they would be able to give wage increases. Most people don't want to leave the place they work if they can continue to make more money at that place.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Upper management and ACME should talk to those engineers they still have and converse about why those engineers choose to work for ACME. After realizing the reasonings, the engineers can realize why they choose the company and how they should continue to stick to a job that has been loyal to them despite difficult financial times.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: Upper management should create different enticements than the headhunters' that will keep the engineers engaged and productive. They should also talk to the engineers and see what concerns they have and how Acme can improve.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Although it may not be the best solution maybe cutting the amount of workers will help to be able to afford the products without having to increase prices anymore.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Talk to the current engineers and come together to form a solution so everyone is happy. Upper management needs to do what they need to do.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme should offer to make deals with the headhunters and try to team together or to combine for more products and sharing their employees which will also draw the attention of other engineers, increasing their employment rate
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Acme should offer their employees some bonuses like paying for health insurance to try to keep the employees.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: I believe they should keep their company the way they had it. Good pay, good workers will keep the business going.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: up the pay
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Provide more employee benefits such as transportation to and from work„ÄÇCommitment to post-retirement buoyancy„ÄÇCumulative promotion system, the longer you are in the company, the more you do, the faster you will be promoted
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Create training groups and internships
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: Instead of increasing wages when there is not enough funds, increase the benefits given to the engineers. Acme could also provide a better and more interesting work environment, making to employees want to work
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Acme needs to increase the price of their wages so they can compete with competitors. They can lay people off but increase wages for people who stay.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme should shoot down these headhunters by coming up with a simple explanation as to why their company is just as enticing as anyone else's. It seems like they don't have any form of defense against these headhunters, and if they don't do something about it soon, they could end up losing a lot of their engineers.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: bond with the engineers in group bonding sessions so you have a team that works well with each other. make each team member trust each other so the high productivity of them can be held accountable
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: The upper management should stop hiring new people in order to afford good benefits and wages for their existing engineers.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: they could find why productivity is decreasing and then find what their employees need to be more productive
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: hire more staff
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: I think they can make a new plan or working that is more attractive
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme could offer other incentives other than money to their employees. They could offer good work benefits and other discounts and good working hours.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Upper management needs to do something about the headhunters contacting their employees and trying to entice them to leave the company. Acme also needs to find a solution to looking for another company to purchase their products from that might offer free shipping.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: There may be ways to increase production without increase the wage. There are other rewards that could work such as a friendly commpetition between workers to see who could produce the most with a promised bonus at the end of the year.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: They should talk to Acme's management and the issues and see if there are any solutions that can be done.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: They need to get people more motivated with a higher wage or more benefits for the employees.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: ACME could employ an organizational psychologist to evaluate the jobs and match workers with jobs they actually enjoy doing rather than having a variety of requirements for one job
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: The company could have tried to invest the same amount of money in their product; but less in labor force. That is to say people could be replaced with robots.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: acme should raise the pay
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Lower the wages and the product cost. Making sure there is an equal profit for both workers and the prices of products so that everyone feels it is done fairly.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: offer more benefits for the employees. Run a competition for the employees for who is most productive gets PTO. Place watchers in work zones to create a hawthorne effect to increase productivity
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: In order to placate current engineers, increase their wages depending on how long they've worked with the company and offer them more benefits or bonuses (i.e., someone who's been with the company for 10 years gets a little more than someone who's been working with the company for 2). This may encourage retention since the message conveyed could be something around the lines of "if you're with us longer, we'll give you more benefits and there IS room for growth."
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Hire less but more qualified employees in order to keep inncreasing wages while maintaining productivity
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Upper management should consider increasing the wage increase percentage to incentivize workers to stay and produce more, because the more they work, the faster they can create new products and gain more income.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme can try to study what the headhunters are doing to recruit the employees and implement those factors into their own company so that they can lower employee turnover and hire new employees more efficiently
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: get more workers at this location that's willing to work for the minimum wage job. This will allow for more productivity and work to get done.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: acme needs to let go of the unproductive workers. Acme needs to finds way to increase their wages and compensation along with a better work environment.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Upper management should come up with attractive benefits fro employees, such as bonuses based on performance, that would make up for the salary decrease, but also still encourage employees to keep their jobs.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme should enroll all of their engineers into a goat yoga class but the twist is that the goat yoga class is a front for a religious cult funded by Acme themselves. The engineers will all form a deep spiritual connection and none of them can leave Acme because of their brotherly bond.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 50

Response: I would have a training session again to all staff and say their will be changes in staff if they dont keeo it up
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Spread the corporate culture to your own engineers to give them a sense of belonging. And raise the salary appropriately, which can be slightly less than the salary offered by other companies.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Create events for the engineers that may boost morale at a low cost. This could even just be awards for best productivity, employee of the month, birthday announcements, or anything like that that can be done at low cost but makes the employees feel like they are important and part of a community
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: I think that the best way to increase employee retention is to look at the environment they are in  if they are in a bad, boring environment they will not work.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme can get a few people to spread rumors about "headhunters" in the company, for example, how they squeeze employees, give them expected wages that do not match their actual wages, give them excessive workloads and make them work more hours than normal. Also to improve the treatment of employees within Acme. These rumors can make employees feel resentful and resistant to "headhunters".
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: ACME should offer more benefits to their employees. While the wages may be higher at other places, they may have an advantage with the benefits they can provide, especially since most company have a month requirement before an employee can enjoy all the benefits of the company. So they should capitalize on the health benefits, the time off benefits and more.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: When learning about I/O psych in my class, we learned that studies have shown that making the workers feel valued and like someone was paying attention to them was effective in making them more productive. Maybe Acme could have more company events to benefit community bonding or  showing their gratitude to the workers.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: I think acme should see how much they can decrease the cost of their products with keeping everyone happy.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Acme should partner with colleges and universities to expose their engineering students to Acme so that they want to work for the business when they are older. Better to indoctrine them into the business now rather than later.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: ACME can come up with a compromise with the engineers to show they care about the engineers so everyone involved can benefit.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: The company could create some sort of other incentive to get people to stay like offering healthcare or implementing the use of more breaks. This may include making more shifts but they are shorter hours. The company needs to offer something that the other companies do not have.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Give the workers some benefits
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: They should hire individuals with more time management skills
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: acme should create benifits to keep the the business going
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: They should hold meetings to discuss with their employees what else they could do to make conditions more favorable other than a raise. The employees will have a better idea of what they need/want to get out of a job and it will allow for transparency and honesty. If they cannot offer raises they could offer other benefits, like better health care or discounts on things their employees may need/want.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: He should ask someone else in the field for advice, they may be able to help him.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: Acme should retain engineers by promising wage increases more than 6% if engineers stay on the job for a certain number of years
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Give the workers incentives in order work harder such as raises or benefits.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme can offer a bonus system that if their employees that with the company for a certain amount of time they will receive a payout.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Acme should create better benefits for their workers and prioritize their workers over what they are selling.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: The solution is to hire people who are passionate and will work hard.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: To have better benefits to make the engineers want to work hard and have something come out of their job.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: I think these people need to come to a agreement and realize the problems they are creating and figure out a way to fix it.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: As a well-established company, Acme should not change its policy, instead, it should change its attitudes toward headhunters. They should make their benefits seem more appealing by making the headhunter benefits seem like hallow promises that cannot be fulfilled. They should put credibility and reliability first and guarantee that the headhunters will not be this reliable.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: giving them better benefits and increased wages
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: I think that people respond best to incentives, so I would make and an incentive for the workers. For example there could be a loyalty incentive, a hard working incentive, ect. If that doesn't work I feel like management has to be more strict and have punishments for workers who are not as productive as they should be.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme simply needs to up their wage increases to compete with the other companies
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Increase the workers wages.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: I would increase stock options in the company and decrease management power. I would also focus on hiring part-time employees so that there is less grumbling over benefits.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: ACME should create a fun and stable work environment for its employees and advertise the job very highly like the competitors do in order to get more employees and better employees. If this continues to be a problem, ACME should choose cheaper materials that ship cheaper than the ones they are using until they can get enough employees and a larger profit to afford the good materials again.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: It's only natural that the wages for the employees can't just stay below what is normal for the industry... They will have to increase the wages to a certain extent or add some other incentives for their employees.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: The management should lay down the rules and create punishments for those who break them.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Divert salary away from upper management towards the engineering department. For one, the department who creates your products is much more important than the department that oversees them. Secondly, they were hired to figure out how to fix problems like these. If they are unable to do so, they do not deserve to be paid the way they are.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: pay them more since costs are increasing.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: No longer use the product that Acme originally uses; switch to something more cost efficient so that everyone is happy.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: ACME should deal with it because it is the way of the world right now and there is nothing they can do about it.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: A creative solution to this problem would be for Acme management to provide enticements and incentives for their own workers that other headhunters are unable to offer.  On top of this, they should try and poach workers from other companies as well and not just focus on their own employees.  Even though they have to increase the price of their product, their advertising team should work on a way to market the product in a way that the price increase is justified and seem as though the public still needs that product and that that specific product cannot be purchased from any of the other competing companies.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: Pay the same wage, but reduce the work week to 4 days a week. Studies have shown that it maintains productivity if not increasing said productivity while also having more incentive to work at acme. Also include bonus's based on productivity.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: Acme should communicate with their engineers in a form of a college party, could sell alcohol and punch (not spiked). While doing that, get their thoughts and opinions, increase the wage percentage while lowering the price of the products.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: They could try to re-budget to be able to treat their engineers better.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Increase everyone's pay.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Perhaps through creating a stronger workplace community in terms of events, and other fun activities, the ACME company would be able to retain more of its employees through sentimental value without having to change its policy on wages.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: I would suggest keeping the lower cost of the goods so that the engineers can keep a higher pay.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: A solution would maybe be to include a different type of benefit to the workers at ACME. This can include them receiving some kind of reward and money off of things there.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: They need to make sure the engineers keep working hard and be more productive. They can start by increasing the workers benefits to ensure that they become more productive.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: give them better benefits
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme should increase the wages of the engineers or fire staff and workers that are not significant to the running of the business. They should get rid of the headhunters and focus more on improving the quality of the job for the engineers they still have.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme should just increase prices in order to stay in the game
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: The engineers should be offered to be paid better and have more benefits such as better hours and paid time off.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Find a way to incorporate the needs of the employees and find a middle ground with the financial problem they are facing. The upper management could potentially throw in a sweetener to the employees. For example, an extra week of paid vacation per year. This will put them into competition with the other companies providing benefits. They could also potentially hold team building retreats to strengthen the comparing and make the work relationships as to entice people to stay. due to the great work environment.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: there needs to be a priority on retaining engineers and acquiring new ones. without that there will be no company
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: The head hunters that are trying to hire these people need to have correct information about the benefits with that they will receive. The head hunters will get punished for the false advertising of the job. If the head hunter's cause trouble within the management then they will have to work hours, similar to "community service".
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: If ACME is able to they should create small benefits for the workers that might make them appreciate the environment better and not jump to a different job. For example if every employ got say a tiny party with cupcakes for their birthday, a relaxed dress code, a comfortable working space that they could decorate however they wanted, and a good employ discount at any ACME then the environment would feel similar to a family.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Upper Management at Acme should just hire less engineers and pay them more
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: provide more benefits to more experienced engineers
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: ACME can have and incorporate benefits like good health insurance and better opportunities. Make the engineers feel welcomed in the environment.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Fire some of the employees that don't work
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: In order to help employees, consider what "headhunters" do! Increase wages, help with working conditions and better benefits. The production of products will increase as long as employees are happy and healthy.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Decreasing the cost of the product can help to increase the demand for the products being sold which will in turn increase the profits. By decreasing he prices of the products this can cause for a greater amount of profit which can then be used to increase the wages of the engineers and work to provide them with better benefits. Keeping the engineers is the most important thing to this company so by making sure they are productive and satisfied should be a top priority and the main way to do that is to increase their pay and benefits by decreases the overall cost of the products so as to increase the mean and profit.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Acme could compensate in other areas, to make their employees happier. Maybe more days off or better hours with good breaks
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: She should increase the company income by fundraising so that she can offer the employees better benefits. This could also help create future benefits the company can start and gives the employees something to look forward to and stay.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: To increase productivity, Acme should be giving incentives to encourage engineers to be productive.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Acme should make the company full of employees that are very sought after this establishment. They need to find a niche group for the people that do best for the company.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Sounds like the employees feel they are being undervalued, maybe the company can do some things internally to increase their productivity and will to be there. Incentives to work or a change of the environment to boost  everyones mood and increase their productiveness.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: When employees get the job have them sign a contract that they cannot leave for a certain period of time, unless due to dire circumstances, such as health, uncomfortable in workplace, etc
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 32

Response: I think ACME needs to bite the bullet and pay their employees better because they will feel more appreciated. No matter what the other costs are.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: They should allocate some money into improving things that the could entice the engineers to stay, like nicer offices and a more comfortable office so they are encouraged to stay at the office because it is a lot nicer. If they did this, they could get the employees to stay at the company longer decreasing the turnover rate and increasing productivity which would hopefully have some kind of positive impact on the money the company makes so they don't have to worry about rising costs for their materials.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: The engineers should have more freedom to do what they want to do so that their productivity increases.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: It seems simple to me. Acme just has to up their game as well by offering better benefits and working conditions as well. People will want to stay at Acme if they like their job, so simply Acme just has to make their employees like and feel compelled to work at Acme.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: Upper management could effectively reach out to the headhunters, express their opinion, and work through the issue as a duo rather than working against one another.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23

Response: Offer incentives when workers are producing effective and face paced ideas, but only select one winner.
Human originality rating (0-100 scale): 23