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Maximizing Employee Productivity: A Managerʼs Guide

Robert Earl Sibson

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Most business leaders agree that achieving high levels of productivity is the key strategic tool for international competitiveness. In this book, the author rejects many faddish approaches to productivity such as TQM or re-engineering, and instead provides a realistic, economical 12-step method for increasing productivity. His method shows how to: get involvement in and commitment to productivity at every level of an organization; use technology, empowerment and networking to help employees achieve the most they can; manage performance effectively by cutting out unproductive practices, hiring wisely and rewarding productivity; measure productivity and its effect on the bottom line.

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Most business leaders agree that achieving high levels of productivity is the key strategic tool for international competitiveness. In this book, the author rejects many faddish approaches to productivity such as TQM or re-engineering, and instead provides a realistic, economical 12-step method for increasing productivity. His method shows how to: get involvement in and commitment to productivity at every level of an organization; use technology, empowerment and networking to help employees achieve the most they can; manage performance effectively by cutting out unproductive practices, hiring wisely and rewarding productivity; measure productivity and its effect on the bottom line.

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Most business leaders agree that achieving high levels of productivity is the key strategic tool for international competitiveness. In this book, the author rejects many faddish approaches to productivity such as TQM or re-engineering, and instead provides a realistic, economical 12-step method for increasing productivity. His method shows how to: get involvement in and commitment to productivity at every level of an organization; use technology, empowerment and networking to help employees achieve the most they can; manage performance effectively by cutting out unproductive practices, hiring wisely and rewarding productivity; measure productivity and its effect on the bottom line.

Key concepts: Productivity, Empowerment, Business, Employee empowerment, Knowledge management, Measure (data warehouse), Industrial organization, Process management

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