Managerial Issues In Productivity Analysis

Author : Ali Dogramaci,Nabil R. Adam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400949829

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Managerial Issues in Productivity Analysis by Ali Dogramaci,Nabil R. Adam Pdf

A. Dogramaci and N.R. Adam Productivity of a firm is influenced both by economic forces which act at the macro level and impose themselves on the individual firm as well as internal factors that result from decisions and processes which take place within the boundaries of the firm. Efforts towards increasing the produc tivity level of firms need to be based on a sound understanding of how the above processes take place. Our objective in this volume is to present some of the recent research work in this field. The volume consists of three parts. In part I, two macro issues are addressed (taxation and inflation) and their relation to produc tivity is analyzed. The second part of the volume focuses on methods for productivity analysis within the firm. Finally, the third part of the book deals with two additional productivity analysis techniques and their applications to public utilities. The objective of the volume is not to present a unified point of view, but rather to cover a sample of different methodologies and perspectives through original, scholarly papers.

Author : Nabil R. Adam,Ali Dogramaci
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400981263

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Productivity Analysis at the Organizational Level by Nabil R. Adam,Ali Dogramaci Pdf

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.

Author : Ali Dogramaci
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401174022

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Productivity Analysis by Ali Dogramaci Pdf

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.

Author : Christopher F. Parmeter,Robin C. Sickles
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030471064

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Advances in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis by Christopher F. Parmeter,Robin C. Sickles Pdf

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.

Author : Fabio Sartori Piran,Daniel Pacheco Lacerda,Luis Felipe Riehs Camargo
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000766196

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Analysis and Management of Productivity and Efficiency in Production Systems for Goods and Services by Fabio Sartori Piran,Daniel Pacheco Lacerda,Luis Felipe Riehs Camargo Pdf

In companies that produce goods and services, productivity and efficiency improvements are a constant challenge. This book reviews the differences between productivity and efficiency. It proposes a new method and makes available a computational tool for implementation that contributes to facilitating the use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The book presents a discussion about productivity and efficiency, illustrating the potentials of use and conceptual differences. It covers the concepts and techniques for analysis of productivity and efficiency, analyzing critical benefits and limitations, explains in detail how to use DEA for analysis, provides innovative methods for using DEA, offers a free online computer tool with a direction guide, shows real empirical applications, and covers other techniques that can be used to complement the analysis performed. The book is for professionals, managers, consultants, students working and taking courses in productive systems of goods and services. Ancillary materials include a free online computer tool to operationalize the concepts and methods proposed in the book, a guide on how to use the method and the software developed for the DEA application. Solutions manual, instructor’s manual, PowerPoint slides, and figure slides also will be available upon qualified adoption.

Author : Doris Yi-Hsin Wang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351337656

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Productivity Analysis by Doris Yi-Hsin Wang Pdf

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.

Author : Carolina Machado,J. Paulo Davim
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783110355796

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Productivity and Organizational Management by Carolina Machado,J. Paulo Davim Pdf

Effective work practices and good employee relations are a real necessity of nowadays organizations, as they can help to reduce absenteeism, turnover, organizational costs, conducting to high levels of commitment, effectiveness, performance as well as productivity. Addressing these questions, this book focuses on the implications of changes in productivity and organizational management, exploring models, tools and processes.

Author : William H. Greene,Lynda Khalaf,Robin Sickles,Michael Veall,Marcel-Cristian Voia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3319794604

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Productivity and Efficiency Analysis by William H. Greene,Lynda Khalaf,Robin Sickles,Michael Veall,Marcel-Cristian Voia Pdf

This proceedings volume examines the state-of-the art of productivity and efficiency analysis and adds to the existing research by bringing together a selection of the best papers from the 8th North American Productivity Workshop (NAPW). It also aims to analyze world-wide perspectives on challenges that local economies and institutions may face when changes in productivity are observed. The volume comprises of seventeen papers that deal with 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. These papers are relevant to academia, but also to public and private sectors in terms of the challenges firms, financial institutions, governments and individuals may face when dealing with economic and education related activities that lead to increase or decrease of productivity. The North American Productivity Workshop brings together academic scholars and practitioners in the field of productivity and efficiency analysis from all over the world. It is a four day conference exploring topics related to productivity, production theory and efficiency measurement in economics, management science, operations research, public administration, and related fields. The papers in this volume also address general topics as health, energy, finance, agriculture, utilities, and economic dev elopment, among others. The editors are comprised of the 2014 local organizers, program committee members, and celebrated guest conference speakers.

Author : Bela Gold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Industrial efficiency
ISBN : UOM:39015002320508

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Foundations of Productivity Analysis by Bela Gold Pdf

Author : Christopher J. O'Donnell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811329845

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Productivity and Efficiency Analysis by Christopher J. O'Donnell Pdf

This book provides a coherent description of the main concepts and statistical methods used to analyse economic performance. The focus is on measures of performance that are of practical relevance to policy makers. Most, if not all, of these measures can be viewed as measures of productivity and/or efficiency. Linking fields as diverse as index number theory, data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis, the book explains how to compute measures of input and output quantity change that are consistent with measurement theory. It then discusses ways in which meaningful measures of productivity change can be decomposed into measures of technical progress, environmental change, and different types of efficiency change. The book is aimed at graduate students, researchers, statisticians, accountants and economists working in universities, regulatory authorities, government departments and private firms. The book contains many numerical examples. Computer codes and datasets are available on a companion website.

Author : Joseph Prokopenko,International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9221059014

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Productivity Management by Joseph Prokopenko,International Labour Office Pdf

Dealing with such productivity improvement programmes as action learning, quality circles, inter-firm comparisons and business clinics, this book also offers information on the most important areas in which productivity can be improved and on techniques field-tested in developing countries.

Author : Abraham Pizam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136394164

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International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management by Abraham Pizam Pdf

The International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management covers all of the relevant issues in the field of hospitality management from both a sectoral level: * Lodging * Restaurants * Clubs * Time-share * Conventions As well as a functional one: * Accounting & finance * Marketing * Human resources * Information technology * Facilities management Its unique user-friendly structure enables readers to find exactly the information they require at a glance; whether they require broad detail which takes a more cross-sectional view across each subject field, or more focussed information which looks closely at specific topics and issues within the hospitality industry today. Section Editors: Peter Harris - ACCOUNTING & FINANCE Oxford Brookes University, UK Zheng Gu - ACCOUNTING & FINANCE University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Randall Upchurch - CLUB MANAGEMENT & TIMESHARE MANAGEMENT University of Central Florida, USA Patti Shock - EVENT MANAGEMENT University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Deborah Breiter - EVENT MANAGEMENT University of Central Florida, USA David Stipanuk - FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Cornell University, USA Darren Lee-Ross - HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT James Cook University, Australia Gill Maxwell - HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Caledonian Glasgow University, UK Dimitrios Buhalis - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY University of Surrey, UK Allan Stutts - LODGING MANAGEMENT American Intercontinental University, USA Stowe Shoemaker - MARKETING University of Houston, USA Linda Shea - MARKETING University of Massachusetts, USA Dennis Reynolds - RESTAURANTS & FOODSERVICE MANAGEMENT Washington State University, USA Arie Reichel - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Author : Michael H. Swearingen
Publisher : Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138561118

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Participative Management by Michael H. Swearingen Pdf

This study, first published in 1997, examines the relationship between the style of management used and the level of productivity, measured in terms of the organization's financial stability. Other variables examined include the age of the top level managers, their educational level, the size and age of the organization, and the organization's physical parameters. By determining whether or not productivity is affected by the use of a participative style of management, the author is laying the groundwork for making companies more competitive.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Management
ISBN : CORNELL:31924082778709

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Journal of Managerial Issues by Anonim Pdf

Author : H. David Sherman,Joe Zhu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780387332314

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Service Productivity Management by H. David Sherman,Joe Zhu Pdf

Here is an in-depth guide to the most powerful available benchmarking technique for improving service organization performance — Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The book outlines DEA as a benchmarking technique, identifies high cost service units, isolates specific changes for elevating performance to the best practice services level providing high quality service at low cost and most important, it guides the improvement process.