Productivity Measurement And Improvement

Author : Christopher W. Head,Carl G. Thor
Publisher : Productivity Press
Page : 1344 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1563270072

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Handbook for Productivity Measurement and Improvement by Christopher W. Head,Carl G. Thor Pdf

With its comprehensive scope and easy-to-read format, this compendium belongs in every company and academic institution concerned with business and industrial viability. Featuring scores of contributions covering the most advanced methods for the measurement and improvement of quality and productivity, no other reference can compete. Throughout 100 chapters, front-runners in the quality movement reveal the evolving theory and specific practices of world-class organizations. Spanning a wide variety of industries and business sectors, this handbook includes insightful discussions on quality and productivity in manufacturing, service industries, profit centers, administration, nonprofit and government institutions, health care and education. Topics include— Benchmarking The best way to implement an activity-based cost-management system Ten rules for building a measurement system Process simplification through cycle-time reduction Strategies for measuring and improving white-collar productivity Sharing the productivity payoff—gain sharing primer

Author : Faridah Djellal,Faiz Gallouj
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848444966

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Measuring and Improving Productivity in Services by Faridah Djellal,Faiz Gallouj Pdf

The question of how to measure and improve productivity in services has been a recurrent topic in political debates and in academic studies for several decades. The concept of productivity, which was developed initially for industrial and agricultural economies poses few difficulties when applied to standardized products. The advent of the service economy contributed to call into question, if not the relevance of this concept, at least its definition and measurement methods. This book takes stock of the issues met by productivity in services on theoretical, methodological and operational levels. The authors examine various definitions of productivity and the main methods of its measurement. A survey of recent conceptual and methodological debates on the notion of productivity is also presented. A more operational and strategic perspective is then adopted in order to identify and analyze the main levers, factors and determinants for improving productivity and, more generally, the actual strategies adopted for this purpose in firms and organisations. Providing a deep understanding of the specific and underestimated performance processes within service industries, this book will be of great interest to those involved in industrial economics, management science and public administration.

Author : Robert D. Pritchard,Sallie J. Weaver,Elissa Ashwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136587771

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Evidence-Based Productivity Improvement by Robert D. Pritchard,Sallie J. Weaver,Elissa Ashwood Pdf

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.

Author : Prentice Hall PTR
Publisher : Macmillan College
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0137287674

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Productivity Measurement and Improvement by Prentice Hall PTR Pdf

Author : Robert D. Pritchard,Sallie J. Weaver,Elissa L. Ashwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848729674

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Evidence-based Productivity Improvement by Robert D. Pritchard,Sallie J. Weaver,Elissa L. Ashwood Pdf

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.

Author : F. J. Drewin
Publisher : Elsevier Publishing Company
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015000450489

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Construction Productivity by F. J. Drewin Pdf

Author : Irving Herbert Siegel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4245206

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Company Productivity by Irving Herbert Siegel Pdf

USA. Monograph on the practical application of industrial productivity measurement in private enterprise to improve company performance - seeks to demonstrate that company survival, autonomy and profitability is closely linked to ability to control production costs, describes methodology for setting up a measurement programme and gives examples. References.

Author : Caitlin Sadowski,Thomas Zimmermann
Publisher : Apress
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781484242216

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Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering by Caitlin Sadowski,Thomas Zimmermann Pdf

Get the most out of this foundational reference and improve the productivity of your software teams. This open access book collects the wisdom of the 2017 "Dagstuhl" seminar on productivity in software engineering, a meeting of community leaders, who came together with the goal of rethinking traditional definitions and measures of productivity. The results of their work, Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering, includes chapters covering definitions and core concepts related to productivity, guidelines for measuring productivity in specific contexts, best practices and pitfalls, and theories and open questions on productivity. You'll benefit from the many short chapters, each offering a focused discussion on one aspect of productivity in software engineering. Readers in many fields and industries will benefit from their collected work. Developers wanting to improve their personal productivity, will learn effective strategies for overcoming common issues that interfere with progress. Organizations thinking about building internal programs for measuring productivity of programmers and teams will learn best practices from industry and researchers in measuring productivity. And researchers can leverage the conceptual frameworks and rich body of literature in the book to effectively pursue new research directions. What You'll LearnReview the definitions and dimensions of software productivity See how time management is having the opposite of the intended effect Develop valuable dashboards Understand the impact of sensors on productivity Avoid software development waste Work with human-centered methods to measure productivity Look at the intersection of neuroscience and productivity Manage interruptions and context-switching Who Book Is For Industry developers and those responsible for seminar-style courses that include a segment on software developer productivity. Chapters are written for a generalist audience, without excessive use of technical terminology.

Author : Lawrence S. Aft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015004525070

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Productivity Measurement and Improvement by Lawrence S. Aft Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Measuring Higher Education Productivity: Conceptual Framework and Data Needs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309257749

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Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Measuring Higher Education Productivity: Conceptual Framework and Data Needs Pdf

Higher education is a linchpin of the American economy and society: teaching and research at colleges and universities contribute significantly to the nation's economic activity, both directly and through their impact on future growth; federal and state governments support teaching and research with billions of taxpayers' dollars; and individuals, communities, and the nation gain from the learning and innovation that occur in higher education. In the current environment of increasing tuition and shrinking public funds, a sense of urgency has emerged to better track the performance of colleges and universities in the hope that their costs can be contained without compromising quality or accessibility. Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education presents an analytically well-defined concept of productivity in higher education and recommends empirically valid and operationally practical guidelines for measuring it. In addition to its obvious policy and research value, improved measures of productivity may generate insights that potentially lead to enhanced departmental, institutional, or system educational processes. Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education constructs valid productivity measures to supplement the body of information used to guide resource allocation decisions at the system, state, and national levels and to assist policymakers who must assess investments in higher education against other compelling demands on scarce resources. By portraying the productive process in detail, this report will allow stakeholders to better understand the complexities of-and potential approaches to-measuring institution, system and national-level performance in higher education.

Author : Robert O. Brinkerhoff,Dennis E. Dressler
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038609892

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Productivity Measurement by Robert O. Brinkerhoff,Dennis E. Dressler Pdf

Provides practical steps and procedures for implementing productivity measurement schemes in organisations.

Author : Robert Pritchard
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995-04-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015034296379

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Productivity Measurement and Improvement by Robert Pritchard Pdf

Improving organizational productivity is an important current and future issue. The improvement can be effected by changing technology, or by changing the way in which people work. The concern of this work is how to structure work so that people can and will want to maximize their productivity using a special approach to measurement and improvement of organizational productivity defined by the author - ProMES (Productivity Measurement and Enchancement System). ProMES is a way of motivating people to maximize their productivity. This book describes a series of cases where ProMES was applied to improve productivity in service and manufacturing organizations in a variety of different organizations in different countries. Results indicate very large increases in productivity, much larger than those typically found. Lessons learned from these cases for future productivity improvement efforts are summarized.

Author : John B. Hanna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Labor productivity
ISBN : PSU:000022744449

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Techniques for Productivity Improvement by John B. Hanna Pdf

Author : Robin C. Sickles,Valentin Zelenyuk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107036161

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Measurement of Productivity and Efficiency by Robin C. Sickles,Valentin Zelenyuk Pdf

Provides a comprehensive approach to productivity and efficiency analysis using economic and econometric theory.

Author : Wilfred Kaydos
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1420049054

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Operational Performance Measurement by Wilfred Kaydos Pdf

Mention the phrase "bottom line," and the immediate thought tends to focus on a company's financial performance. Think again! There's an equally important factor that carries tremendous impact on that final total: operational performance measures. Implementation of a performance improvement program can significantly improve a company's bottom line. Operational Performance Measurement: Increasing Total Productivity shows the way-featuring a new integrated theory of performance measurement, with a never-before-published measurement model that's applicable to any business activity. Practical procedures and guidelines directly identify the variables that should be measured; guidelines to develop measurement systems; and how to analyze, interpret, and use performance methods effectively. Numerous diagrams, tables and examples make the principles and procedures easy to understand and implement. While this performance measurement approach is simplicity itself, be prepared for powerful results! Managers can put the theory into action right away- giving them better control, improved performance, increased personal productivity-and an easier day at work! Operations, finance, administration and quality managers alike will find there's so much to gain when they're Operational Performance Measurement: Increasing Total Productivity ... and a better bottom line is just the beginning!