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Book Productivity Measurement and Analysis

Download or read book Productivity Measurement and Analysis written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the proceedings of two workshops on productivity measurement and analysis, which brought together representatives of statistical offices, central banks and other officials involved with the analysis and measurement of productivity at aggregate and industry levels.

Book Productivity Analysis at the Organizational Level

Download or read book Productivity Analysis at the Organizational Level written by Nabil R. Adam and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1 Nabil R. Adam and Ali Dogramaci Measuring, analyzing, and improving productivity in a given organization is a complex process that involves the contributions of economists, industrial engineers, operations researchers, management scientists, and lawyers. The objective of this book is to provide the reader with a sample of original papers that relate to these productivity topics at the organizational level. In the book, the word organization refers to business firms and municipal organizations. The hook is divided into three parts: perspectives on productivity mea surement, a range of studies at the micro level, and some productivity issues in public organizations. Part I, which consists of three chapters, deals with productivity measurement. The first two chapters of this part cover a broad framework of measurement concepts and techniques; the last chapter, on the other hand, provides the reader with an example of productivity measurement for a specific industry (in this case, food retail ing). Thus, a spectrum of productivity measurement issues is covered in this part of the book.

Book Evidence based Productivity Improvement

Download or read book Evidence based Productivity Improvement written by Robert D. Pritchard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book explains the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement system (ProMES) and how it meets the criteria for an optimal measurement and feedback system. It summarizes all the research that has been done on productivity, mentioning other measurement systems, and gives detailed information on how to implement this one in organizations. This book will be of interest to behavioral science researchers and professionals who wish to learn more about the practical methods of measuring and improving organizational productivity.

Book Productivity Analysis

Download or read book Productivity Analysis written by Ali Dogramaci and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a wide variety of perspectives for productivity analysis. The back grounds of different researchers and practitioners who work on this topic include such fields as economics, business administration, and industrial engineering, among others. Within each such field, there are different schools of thought on the theory and application of productivity analysis. Often it is not difficult to observe a lack of communication among the advocates of these separate schools. The purpose of this book is to present in a single volume samples of alternative approaches to productivity analy sis. This may be considered as a first step toward a better communication among practitioners and researchers in the fields of management, industrial engineering, and economics. The focus of the book is on the United States, where the productivity growth problem has been acute for some time. The book begins with a brief overview chapter that covers some of the issues involved in productivity analysis and a sample of methodological ap proaches presently in use. After this introduction, we move to Chapter 2 where Solomon Fabricant presents the issues related to measurement and analysis at the macroeconomic level. In Chapter 3, C. Lowell Harriss discusses concepts that he considers es sential for productivity growth: capital formation, technological progress, and freedom.

Book The Measurement of Productivity

Download or read book The Measurement of Productivity written by Ian G. Smith and published by Gower Publishing Company, Limited. This book was released on 1973 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UK. Monograph presenting a systems analysis approach to productivity measurement in the context of productivity-based collective agreements - analyses the effectiveness of payment by results, and covers conducting the trial period, monitoring and measuring subsequent productivity changes, etc. References.

Book Productivity Analysis

Download or read book Productivity Analysis written by Doris Yi-Hsin Wang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past several years, productivity improvement has become an increasingly vital economic issue for economies and individual firms. This book, first published in 1996, examines empirically relationships between changes in catalyst financial commitments (ie, research and development projects and capital improvements) and productivity/profitability changes, and relationships between productivity changes and profitability changes in selected manufacturing industries and companies.

Book Productivity Measurement

Download or read book Productivity Measurement written by Robert O. Brinkerhoff and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1990 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides practical steps and procedures for implementing productivity measurement schemes in organisations.

Book Company Productivity Measurement and Usage in Theory and Practice

Download or read book Company Productivity Measurement and Usage in Theory and Practice written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The productivity growth rate decline has jeopardized our standard of living and contributed to many of the countries economic ills. It has damaged U.S. industries' competitive position in the world and domestic markets. It isn't the 'United States' which is experiencing comparatively low rates of productivity growth; rather it is the individual firms which in aggregation make up the economy. The purpose of this study was to analyze those companies which are measuring their productivity to determine how they are coping with the concepts of productivity and its measurement problems. A survey instrument was developed based upon a review of the literature relating to productivity and its measurement and by attending an American Productivity Center seminar. Eighty-five of the Fortune 500 companies returning the questionnaire measure their productivity. These returns formed the basis for the study's analysis. These companies use their productivity measures for a multiplicity of purposes. Some of the many uses reported included increasing awareness among employees, assisting in long and short range planning and for operational purposes. To meet their diverse needs the firms have developed many measures of productivity. Nearly all use several different measures of labor productivity. Nearly two-thirds use sales to represent output, while over three-quarters use some other value to represent output. It is evident that many firms use more than one value for output. All firms measuring labor productivity included hourly employees, however a decreasing number included salary, supervisory, management, engineering or R & D personnel. Among the firms measuring capital productivity all included equipment and machinery among their capital inputs, nearly all included land and building but the firms including inventories, account receivables, leased fixed assets or cash declined steadily ...

Book Productivity Measurement

Download or read book Productivity Measurement written by David Bailey and published by Gower Publishing Company, Limited. This book was released on 1980 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conference report on productivity measurement in Canada, the USA, Europe and Israel - covers inter-enterprise comparison, profitability analysis, management policies and business performance, etc. Bibliography p. 244 and graphs. Conference held in london? 1979.

Book Productivity Measurement and Management at the Company Level

Download or read book Productivity Measurement and Management at the Company Level written by Kazukiyo Kurosawa and published by Elsevier Publishing Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a comprehensive overview of productivity analysis at the corporate level. It begins with productivity measurement and evaluation in the workplace where the main focus is on unit input requirement. The theory of worker productivity and its management is discussed intensively. Secondly, the intermediate stage of aggregation of activities at corporate level is given in terms of total cost rentability and productivity nexus. Using this approach the total efficiency of corporate activity is evaluated and compared with productivity performance both in Japan and worldwide, as well as with the average performance of the industry in which the firm is involved. Thirdly, the final concept of corporate productivity: added value productivity is examined. Added value is the total fruit of corporate activities and the fund to be distributed among its members. The total structure of added value, which is not quite so simple as many textbooks have led to believe, is analysed in detail and applied to the corporate productivity management scheme. Finally, white-collar productivity, one of the most topical areas in productivity studies today is also examined in detail.

Book Productivity Measurement and Analysis

Download or read book Productivity Measurement and Analysis written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the proceedings of two workshops on productivity measurement and analysis, which brought together representatives of statistical offices, central banks and other officials involved with the analysis and measurement of productivity at aggregate and industry levels.

Book The IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement

Download or read book The IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement written by IFPUG and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widespread deployment of millions of current and emerging software applications has placed software economic studies among the most critical of any form of business analysis. Unfortunately, a lack of an integrated suite of metrics makes software economic analysis extremely difficult. The International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG), a nonprofit and member-governed organization, has become the recognized leader in promoting the effective management of application software development and maintenance activities. The IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement brings together 52 leading software measurement experts from 13 different countries who share their insights and expertise. Covering measurement programs, function points in measurement, new technologies, and metrics analysis, this volume: Illustrates software measurement's role in new and emerging technologies Addresses the impact of agile development on software measurement Presents measurement as a powerful tool for auditing and accountability Includes metrics for the CIO Edited by IFPUG's Management and Reporting Committee, the text is useful for IT project managers, process improvement specialists, measurement professionals, and business professionals who need to interact with IT professionals and participate in IT decision-making. It includes coverage of cloud computing, agile development, quantitative project management, process improvement, measurement as a tool in accountability, project ROI measurement, metrics for the CIO, value stream mapping, and benchmarking.

Book Advances in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis

Download or read book Advances in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis written by Christopher F. Parmeter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2020-11-22 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume examines the state-of-the-art of productivity and efficiency analysis. It brings together a selection of the best papers from the 10th North American Productivity Workshop. By analyzing world-wide perspectives on challenges that local economies and institutions may face when changes in productivity are observed, readers can quickly assess the impact of productivity measurement, productivity growth, dynamics of productivity change, measures of labor productivity, measures of technical efficiency in different sectors, frontier analysis, measures of performance, industry instability and spillover effects. The contributions in this volume focus on the theory and application of economics, econometrics, statistics, management science and operational research related to problems in the areas of productivity and efficiency measurement. Popular techniques and methodologies including stochastic frontier analysis and data envelopment analysis are represented. Chapters also cover broader issues related to measuring, understanding, incentivizing and improving the productivity and performance of firms, public services, and industries.

Book Productivity Measurement and Analysis

Download or read book Productivity Measurement and Analysis written by George C. Shen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: