Managers can increase overall productivity by

A. decreasing efficiency of capital.
B. increasing energy.
C. increasing the efficiency of materials.
D. decreasing the efficiency of labor.
E. decreasing outputs.


C. increasing the efficiency of materials.

Managers can increase overall productivity by making substitutions or increasing the efficiency of any one element: labor, capital, materials, or energy.

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