What sort of data would you collect, and how would you use it? What alternatives would you want to explore, and why?
As HR director at World Measurement (see the class exercise on benefits we did), your bonus this year is based on your ability to cut employee benefit costs (without causing massive numbers of employees to quit, which would negate any savings). Your boss has said that it’s okay to shift some of the costs over to employees (right now they pay nothing for their benefits) but don’t overdo it. What sort of data would you collect, and how would you use it? What alternatives would you want to explore, and why?
