Ebook: Productivity Analysis at the Organizational Level
- Tags: Operations Research/Decision Theory
- Series: Studies in Productivity Analysis 3
- Year: 1981
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Productivity Measurement at the Firm Level....Pages 9-29
Measurement of Productivity....Pages 30-46
Productivity Measurement at the Level of the Firm....Pages 47-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
A Modeling Approach to Productivity Deals....Pages 69-86
Personnel Assignment with a Budget Constraint....Pages 87-95
Experimental Design for Comparing the Productivity of Traditional and Innovative Work Organizations....Pages 96-127
Market Structure, Technological Development, and Productivity....Pages 128-137
Labor Productivity in Large and Small Firms....Pages 138-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Improving Public Sector Productivity through Competition....Pages 151-162
Public Sector Productivity and Collective Bargaining....Pages 163-174
Back Matter....Pages 175-181
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Productivity Measurement at the Firm Level....Pages 9-29
Measurement of Productivity....Pages 30-46
Productivity Measurement at the Level of the Firm....Pages 47-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
A Modeling Approach to Productivity Deals....Pages 69-86
Personnel Assignment with a Budget Constraint....Pages 87-95
Experimental Design for Comparing the Productivity of Traditional and Innovative Work Organizations....Pages 96-127
Market Structure, Technological Development, and Productivity....Pages 128-137
Labor Productivity in Large and Small Firms....Pages 138-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Improving Public Sector Productivity through Competition....Pages 151-162
Public Sector Productivity and Collective Bargaining....Pages 163-174
Back Matter....Pages 175-181
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