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Alocal university is considering changes to its class structure in an effort to increase professor productivity. the old schedule had each professor teaching 5 classes per week, with each class meeting an hour per day on monday, wednesday, and friday. each class contained 20 students. the new schedule has each professor teaching only 3 classes, but each class meets daily (mon.-fri.) for an hour. new classes contain 50 students. hint: find out number of students taught per week first and number of teaching hours for the old and new scenarios a. calculate the labor productivity for the initial situation (students/hour). b. calculate the labor productivity for the schedule change (students/hour). c. are there any ethical considerations that should be accounted for? d. suppose that each teacher also is required to have 2 hours of office hours each day he/she taught class. is the schedule change, a productivity increase? show increase in productivity change?

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