Tom, a supervisor at AutoMax Inc., realizes that a couple of months from now, he might experience a labor shortage for approximately two weeks due to increased demand for the company's products. Which option would be best for dealing with this labor shortage?
A) Tom should hire new employees because it is a simple process.
B) Tom should depend on technological innovation because it helps replace human labor with machines.
C) Tom should use outsourcing because it reduces internal costs.
D) Tom should encourage employees to stay with the company.
E) Tom should encourage employee overtime because it helps to increase productivity for a short period of time.

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Given the short-term nature of the labor shortage, encouraging employee overtime is the most practical and immediate solution to increase productivity and meet the increased demand without the long-term commitments or costs associated with hiring new employees, depending on technological innovations, outsourcing, or focusing on retention strategies that do not directly address the immediate need for increased labor.

Tom, a Supervisor at AutoMax Inc