Productivity improvement: a working person’s view

Abstract

Concerns an Australian working person’s view of the ability of the workforce to improve its productivity. Just under three‐quarters of the respondents believed they could improve their individual productivity but that an even greater percentage of the workforce could improve its productivity. Any increase in productivity will have to be divided between three stakeholders, namely managers/shareholders, workers and customers. It appears that working people believe that managers/ shareholders should receive approximately 30 per cent of the savings, workers 29 per cent and customers 26 per cent. Political, union and industrial leaders must make an effort to convince workers of the benefits of increased productivity and offer rewards commensurate with the increase achieved. While there is some support for productivity improvement it is far from universally accepted and needs appropriate encouragement from the relevant authorities, particularly the management/ owners of the organizations.

Citation

Savery, L.K. (1996), "Productivity improvement: a working person’s view", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 15 No. 7, pp. 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/02621719610122776