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Feedback, Self-Esteem, and Performance in Organizations
Kuhnen, Camelia M.; Tymula, Agnieszka - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 1, pp. 94-113
their future rank expectations. Feedback helps create a ratcheting effect in productivity, mainly because of the fight for … dominance at the top of the rank hierarchy. Our findings suggest that organizations can improve employee productivity by …
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Broadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities, and Specialization in the Hospital Industry
Clark, Jonathan R.; Huckman, Robert S. - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 4, pp. 708-722
The long-standing argument that focused operations outperform others stands in contrast to claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development of specialized expertise; the...
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Navel Gazing: Academic Inbreeding and Scientific Productivity
Horta, Hugo; Veloso, Francisco M.; Grediaga, Rócio - In: Management Science 56 (2010) 3, pp. 414-429
dominantly inbred environment will stifle productivity, even for noninbreds. Overall, our analysis suggests that administrators …
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How Much Did the Liberty Shipbuilders Forget?
Thompson, Peter - In: Management Science 53 (2007) 6, pp. 908-918
This paper produces new estimates of the rate of organizational forgetting in the well-known case study of U.S. wartime ship production. Estimates obtained using data constructed from primary sources at the National Archives yield rates of forgetting that are much smaller than previously...
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A Matter of Balance: Specialization, Task Variety, and Individual Learning in a Software Maintenance Environment
Narayanan, Sriram; Balasubramanian, Sridhar; … - In: Management Science 55 (2009) 11, pp. 1861-1876
Specialization at work has been recognized as a key driver of learning and productivity since the days of Adam Smith … specialization and variety jointly drive employee productivity in a real-life setting. We analyze a data set covering 88 individuals …, specialization enhances productivity. However, exposure to variety has a nonlinear influence on productivity; i.e., "too much variety …
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Efficiency and benchmarking with directional distances. A data driven approach
Daraio, Cinzia; Simar, Leopold - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Automatica e … - 2014
In efficiency analysis the assessment of the performance of Decision Making Units (DMUs) relays on the selection of the direction along which the distance from the efficient frontier is measured. Directional Distance Functions (DDFs) represent a flexible way to gauge the inefficiency of DMUs....
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NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR YOUTH AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
Youth, Ministry of; YAS, Sports Affairs - eSocialSciences - 2012
The scheme titled National Programme for Youth Adolescent Development (NPYAD) has been formulated by merger of four 100% central sector grants-in-aid schemes of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports during 10th Plan namely, Promotion of Youth Activities & Training, Promotion of National...
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Assessment of the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Reforestation Program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Israel, Danilo C.; Lintag, Jeffrey H. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2013
The main purpose of the study was to determine if the reforestation program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) over the years has been successful in attaining its stated objectives and in mitigating the adverse impacts of climate change on forest resources and the...
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Cost Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Sitio and Household Electrification Programs
Navarro, Adoracion M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2013
The Sitio Electrification Program (SEP) and the Household Electrification Program (HEP) are two ongoing rural electrification programs of the government. To assist the Department of Budget and Management in implementing its zero-based budgeting approach, we assessed the 2011 SEP and HEP...
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Use of the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) by the Department of Agriculture
Israel, Danilo C. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2012
The Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) is an ongoing loan and grant program in the Philippines for agriculture and fisheries. From the start of its actual implementation in 2000 up to the present, it has been plagued by numerous problems which significantly derailed the...
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