Information Technology and Productivity: A Review of the Literature Erik Brynjolfsson Shinkyu Yang MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge‚ Massachusetts Published in Advances in Computers‚ Academic Press‚ Vol. 43‚ pages 179-214‚ 1996. This research was sponsored by the MIT Center for Coordination Science‚ the MIT International Financial Services Research Center‚ and the Sloan Foundation. The paper is a revised and extended version of an article which originally appeared in the Communications
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EFFECT OF LABOUR TURNOVER ON ORGANISATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY 1 INTRODUCTION The practice of human resource management (HRM) is concerned with all aspects of how people are employed and managed in an organisation (Armstrong‚ 2009). The strategic business function organ of the organisation sees to the inflow and outflow of employees in the organisaiton. The HRM function of directing the organisation system to ensure that human talents are used effectively to accomplish desired goals is very crucial‚ thereby
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employees‚ the unique requirements of a particular technology‚ the structure and processes of the organization and the existing socio-cultural environment. It creates a culture of work commitment in organizations and society which ensure higher productivity and greater job satisfaction to the employees. The welfare measures are defined in the same way as defined by the I.L.O. at its Asian Regional Conference "A term which is understood to include such services‚ facilities and amenities as may be established
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2.7.3 Improved productivity and profitability According to Tangen (2005:728) profitability is most of time confused with productivity. It is described that profitability considers the monetarily effects‚ while productivity considers the real progression that takes place among purely physical phenomena. Profitability can be defined as the relationship of money between the output and input‚ thus including the influence of price-factors. Pekuri‚ Haapasalo and Herrala (2011:41)‚ states that profitability
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of the office environments can be used to influence organizational performance. In this regard‚ the layout of the office can help to improve productivity such it provides good support for meetings with uninstructed group work‚ improve team work‚ enhance good working environment and increase job satisfaction. Firstly‚ it can help to improve the productivity in office such as support for meetings with uninstructed work. Workstation is important to boost employee well-being. Which is to say‚ the employee
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The Balanced Scorecard for Hospital Performance and Productivity ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the usefulness of the Balanced Scorecard in improving a hospital’s management and delivery of health care at reduced cost without loss of quality. This paper describes an approach to designing and implementing a balanced scorecard system for measuring performance and productivity in a hospital setting. Specific measures of performance criteria are suggested as well as
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vity on Impact of Job Involvement on the Job Productivity of female school teachers of Pakistan Anum Javed Abstract This research paper is about studying the impact of job involvement on the job productivity of female school teachers. Job involvement is measured through four independent variables i.e. job satisfaction‚ burnout and stress‚ work-family conflicts‚ family obligations which in turn affect the job productivity. . We used seven points likert scale. The aim of this study is to see
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How Unions Affect Company Productivity Tokwiny Da-Thong Professor Chris D’Mello MBA Fundamentals AMBA 600 Section 9062 Semester 1109 How Unions Affect Company Productivity Introduction Employees and their employers seem to approach the issue of employment from very different perspectives. This fact often leads many people to ask; “how can these sides
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EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT: RELEVANCE IN BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY Group 6 Submitted by: _________ ________ 3CBE Submitted to: Prof. _______ March 11‚ 2010 | | Chapter I THE PROBLEM --- ITS BACKGROUND Background Employee empowerment is a crucial part in satisfying and improving productivity rate. By doing so‚ employees are more productive
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A BOOK REVIEW: HUMAN-CENTERED PRODUCTIVITY Choi Dong-Kyu‚ Chairman and CEO of Korea Productivity Center‚ penned a 207 page reference book entitled - Human-Centered Productivity. The non-fiction book‚ published in 2011‚ deals primarily with the several principle and relationship of “productivity” not just in an organization‚ but more so for all mankind as a way of life. Chairman Choi’s professional experiences‚ involving – President of SME Research Institute‚ Commissioner of Presidential Committee
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