Title: Measuring and achieving productivity improvement
Abstract: The purpose of this article is not to identify a definitive productivity indicator, for such does not exist. Although great efforts have been devoted by corporations and productivity institutions to developing a perfect productivity measurement, we have not yet discovered the one ideal method of measuring overall performance. Even if we could define a single measurement that accurately reflects performance, that measurement would need to be broken down to its component parts, in an attempt to identify causes of a negative trend. The realization is growing that perhaps we are better off with a series of indicators that, as a group, identify the progress of our respective organizations. This article is intended as a thought-provoking exercise, not the final answer to measuring productivity. It is directed primarily toward lower and middle levels of management, since these are the people called on to initiate and measure productivity improvement efforts. To assist them, this article is divided into four sections: Setting Objectives and Bases, Supervisory Involvement in Productivity Efforts, Wage Roll Participation, and A Productivity Case History.
Publication Year: 1985
Publication Date: 1985-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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