Why productivity matters

Heating can be optimised and not wasted. When you do this, you create a more pleasant and healthier working environment, which results in higher productivity and focus amongst employees.

Lighting levels can have a significant impact on productivity and the mood of the people who work in the office. Anything you can do faster, more efficiently or better than your competitors gives you an edge. Increased productivity leads to increased competitiveness.

If you can produce your products at a lower cost than your competitor, you can charge less. If you can deliver your service more quickly than your competitor, you can serve more clients or you can increase time spent on customer service, increasing your value add to the customer. Everyone is aware of the multitude of benefits that organisations gain from productivity increases, but the benefits for employees may not be as widely known as those noticed by the accountants and financial people.

When people have too much to do and not enough time to do it, it can result in stress, exhaustion or total burnout. Working more efficiently whether a reduction in time spent on daily processes or a reallocation of roles and responsibilities — results in people being able to cope better with their work- load and complete their responsibilities in the time allocated to them.

This is a positive consequence for both employer and employee. With less stress, you can listen to your body and give it more of what it needs. All the good things in life are within your reach.

Many workers see pro- ductivity as a way to squeeze more work out of the worker. This vision has to change. Increased productivity is a positive outcome for all involved.

When employees reap the benefits of increased efficiencies, it usually improves their morale and commitment toward the company. More productive workers are usually more engaged in their work. Engagement is a result of a number of factors, which are often linked to the quality of leadership, the amount of autonomy an individual feels and the degree to which they feel in control of their work and workload.

When employees take control to get their work lives organised, it usually leads to increased focus, commitment and engagement, or they will move on to another job role that they feel is more suitable for them. Studies have shown that unproductive individuals can cost a company money. What are inputs? What is labor productivity? What is multifactor productivity? What is unit labor cost? Why does productivity change? Why is productivity important? To individuals?

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Why Productivity Matters p. Text Notes. Full text. Here is a very useful technical note appended to news releases of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on productivity growth figures: Productivity : These productivity measures describe the relationship between real output and the labor time involved in its production. TABLE 2. Notes 1 13 million full time, and the rest part time.

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