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design of productivity measurement systems. The responses of 114 chief executives, drawn from a wide range of New Zealand … associated with management’s preference for the type of productivity measurement systems.  …
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The measurement of productivity has been a problem area for many years because of the difficulties inherent in … precisely defining and quantifying all the outputs and inputs which constitute the productivity equation. A productivity … measurement technique is presented which focuses on the business aspects of an organisation′s performance, using standard cost …
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are tangible standardised quantities. They are inadequate for productivity measurement of professional services, where … measurement of productivity of professional service firms and to propose a more adequate measure of productivity in these …Existing measures of productivity were designed to measure productivity in industries in which both input and output …
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development of a more suitable productivity management methodology. A systematic procedure is described for the measurement and …Critical analysis of previously developed white‐collar productivity management techniques focuses on the existing … shortcomings of several measurement and evaluation methodologies of white‐collar personnel and functions. An analytical method of …
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Here productivity is discussed with special reference to its measurement, especially partial as opposed to total …. Partial productivity measurement in turn involves productivity accounting and the use of grids to evaluate operations without …
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States that ProMES (Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System) can be interpreted as a method for the development …
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. SmartWoW is proving to be a useful tool for this type of productivity measurement, and organizations are using it to make …Purpose Measuring productivity in changing environment is a challenging task for most of the organizations. However, it … is very important for managers to measure how the changes in work environment impact on knowledge work productivity …
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changes. New working practices and work environments present the potential to improve both the productivity and the wellbeing … measuring the subjective knowledge work performance in the NWoW context; and multidimensional performance measurement for … productivity potential and measuring the impacts of work environment changes. The paper introduces the empirical examples of three …
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paper synthesizes the existing literature on measurement of knowledge work productivity and identifies some key … context in order to increase employees working motivation, job satisfaction and productivity. However, these benefits are not … paper proposes a measurement approach for evaluating the impacts of a new ways of working initiative in a knowledge work …
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productivity. A key point in the measurement is identification of case‐specific impact factors by examining the characteristics of …Purpose – The potential of information and communication technology (ICT) in improving knowledge work productivity is … case study conducted in a medium‐sized European teleoperator company. The case study examines the measurement process for …
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