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You have been assigned to be the project leader for a plant closure at a company that produces medical devices for correcting circulatory ailments. Although the project is in preliminary planning stages, the company’s top-level executives have asked you to make recommendations about whether to proceed with it or not, and to suggest changes or guidelines for the project that will help to ensure its success. The company is closing its U.S. plant on the West Coast and moving production to an existing company facility in Cork, Ireland. This will require you to lay off 300 employees in the United States, document all processes, transfer processes, train operators, move equipment, gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval at the new site in Ireland, dispose of real estate, and other activities. Create a force-field analysis for this project, including at least five driving forces and five restraining forces. Make a rating for each one and calculate totals. Reflect on your analysis and recommend whether the project should proceed. What actions would increase the strength of driving forces and reduce the strength of restraining forces?