Essays on Productivity

As it is well known, agriculture serves a huge role in sustaining the growth and reducing poverty in developing countries. It is important in the Sub-Saharan Africa as it's about two-thirds of the population rely on it for employment and food. The sector of agriculture has been termed as the backbone of developing countries as it contributes to the GDP where employment and income are generated to bring growth and development (Phillip, 2011). Over the years, agricultural productivity has received much attention through strategies that aim at resolving the problem issues of low production. It has become evident that Continue reading...

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Since it was created and introduced to the public, smartphones are now considered by some a very important necessity that people should have considering the various activities now requiring access to the internet. In business, Pitichat (2013) argued that smartphones use in workplaces are now increasing as an estimated 350 million employees would possess a smartphone by 2016. Most of these owners are the younger generation which comprises the new generation workforce. However, companies are a bit apprehensive over the continuous increase of Smartphone use in terms of how it would affect the business. On the one hand, smartphones Continue reading...

Understanding the relationship between agricultural growth, rural development and poverty reduction has become very difficult because of the lack of reliable data to describe the entire scenario in the subSaharan African region. Bart Minten’s (2008) paper, Agricultural Technology, Productivity, and Poverty in Madagascar, attempts to demonstrate the existing relationship of agricultural growth, rural development, and poverty reduction by quantitatively using a spatially-explicit dataset. The objective is to study how such adoption of agricultural technology and crop yield shape the food prices, real wages of unskilled workers and key welfare indicators of Madagascar. Rice industry in Madagascar was used Continue reading...

INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF LOW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

The sector of agriculture plays a key part in the economy of developing nations since their economy is mostly based on subsistence farming. The economies depend on agriculture in terms of employment, GDP, and income. Therefore, the growth of these economies relies mostly on the success of the agricultural sector. Majority of the farmers still use the outdated farming methods leading to low and poor productivity. The market for the produce is not guaranteed thus the farmers do not find any motivation to do large-scale farming. The climatic changes have affected the agricultural sector in developed countries leading to Continue reading...

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Engineering Management Journal, September 2007
The article “Twinning Motivation, Productivity and Management Strategy in Construction Projects” by Hemanta Doloi is dedicated to the research of the motivational factors effectively influencing employees’ output and help to increase productivity in the field of Australian construction industry. The research was conducted in this area particularly, because although there is a considerable number of works dedicated to the employees’ influence in construction productivity and the overall study of the motivational factors, there were none such found that would describe the incentive programs enhancing positive motivation methods in the construction industry. But at the Continue reading...

An organization’s main function is concerned with getting their jobs done; producing services for their customers. Operations management is crucial because it manages most of the organizational resources. All business organizations are concerned with how to survive and prosper in the future. Business strategies are thought of as plans or set of intentions that set up long-term plans and actions that are required to ensure the success of the organization in future. (Skinner 1969, p.135). However, no matter how big the plan, or how noble the intentions are, the strategy can only become meaningful in reality if it Continue reading...

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I choose a manufacturing company for this project. As part of the research team that examines work groups within my organization, I have to identify factors that will enhance or constrain group productivity in the organization. I would look at and evaluate essential issues so as to make sure unit cohesiveness and output. I watched firsthand how here in my present place of employment, a man was employed with completely no manufacturing experience and it certainly repressed the group.
Everyone will have certain basic skills related to the manufacturing company so as to work in this environment. Not understanding Continue reading...

- Healthcare Management Issue/Problem: Working Hours for Nurses
Among the many issues that are discussed in workplace settings revolving around the topics of efficiency and productivity are hours worked by personnel. There are several aspects of this relationship that has been studied by management experts leading to an obvious conclusion. The management of time of work personnel (i.e. the number of hours worked) affects both their productivity and the organization’s viability. The Stanford University (n.d.) said that overwork leads to a decrease in the average productivity (as explained by output). The decrease in productivity is due to employees Continue reading...

Productivity is the center spot for Contemporary business organizations and modern engineering companies. Thus, increasing productivity is a critical phenomenon that must be accepted by current management despite the cost the organization might incur because with increased production profits margins will inevitably rise. In addition, a rapidly changing environment like the present business environment, does require innovation to come up with new equipment that can counter the change and boost productivity. Moreover, the introduction of news devices do arm business with new techniques and capacities to adapt to the new production skills and market forces. Furthermore, employees are also Continue reading...

Problem statement

Consolidating plants from different locations for the company poses a major challenge, which should be approached carefully in order to avoid poor results. Notably, there are benefits associated with consolidating. For instance, cost reduction is one benefit so significant, which presents appropriate advantages. There are also challenges like the challenge of feasibility. Not all consolidation plans work out successfully. Therefore, it is usually necessary for a company to assess the feasibility of a consolidation plan . Sleep more plans to make the consolidation in order to enjoy the benefits associated with consolidation of plants. However, it is constrained by the Continue reading...

Kenya is located in Eastern Africa and is considered as the economic hub of the region. One of the most distinctive aspects of the nation is that it has a market-based economy that is accompanied by a very liberalized foreign trade policy. Kenya gained independence from the British in 1963 and since that time, the nation has experienced inconsistent economic growth (Bradshaw, 1988). In fact, during the early years after independence, the rate of economic growth for the nation was very high (6%).However, this rate decreased to about 4% for the following decades. Things particularly got bad for Continue reading...

Introduction – background information

Research is an important component of any market study as the same discloses important information about the market and the business environment to a business organization . In most cases, the main reason to conduct a research in business organizations is to be able to gather a picture of the competitive environment which usually takes into account factors such as presence of competitors, preference of customers in the market, prevailing political, economic, social and technological conditions and a number of other factors . These factors are important from a business point of view as the same help in predicting the challenges Continue reading...

Introduction

Employees are critical to effective running of an organization and their attitude towards work they do have a great impact on their productivity. Organizations today are exploring ways to attain their productivity goals through their employees. The need for sufficient incentives for employees to enable them perform according to organization’s expectations cannot be overlooked (Kruse, 2013). Whether it is financial or non-financial, material or non-material, incentives have a general effect of boosting the morale of employees to work hard towards attainment of organizational goals. Economic motivators, for instance refer to those factors that are expressed in monetary values. Continue reading...

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Economic development stands for sustained and effective actions of communities and policy makers that promote good standards of living and quality economic health of a specific region. Quantitative and qualitative changes in the economy also define economic development of a place. Any nation aiming at achieving an effective economic development must come up with a strategic plan that caters for the economical and social well-being of the citizens. Development forms one of the fundamental pillars that promote the economy of the nation. Development takes place in many aspects and various factors influence the development of the country. The location, Continue reading...

Introduction

As defined by the Brundtland Commission, sustainability is a "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (EPA 2014). Food production and consumption patterns and trends are one of the main contributing factors to environment pollution today. In the event of a growing global population and demographic change, the sustainability issues arising out of the food system are likely to turn more serious in the near future. It is expected that the economic prosperity and the growth of population will increase the demand for food beyond the Continue reading...

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Cloud computing is a modern day internet technology that can be applied to vast range of purposes. However, the main purpose is to store massive amounts of information on virtual and internet based servers that can be accessed on demand by clients. Cloud computing services emerged in the year 2000 and have grown by leaps and bounds since then. According to Valquero et al., cloud computing is ‘a large pool of easily usable and accessible virtualized resources such as hardware, development platforms and/ or services. These resources can be dynamically reconfigured to adjust Continue reading...

Introduction

Economic growth an increase in the country’s national income measured over a period. Gross National product and Gross Domestic product are the key measuring indicators that define a country’s growth status based on utilization of resources by the population for productivity. Increase in technological infrastructure facilitates quality production, minimizes waste and costs. According to economic theorists, a country is presumed to attain economic growth when their resources are fully employed in sustaining the social and economic welfare of every citizen (Jones 2002). As result, the role of every rational government is to maintain its citizens through allocation Continue reading...

Management

Introduction
History has its own professional benefits and studying it makes sure we will not repeat the same mistakes that were made a long time ago. Our Corporate World is more complex than we think it is, and making a mistake here means inducing a loss. Management theories make it simpler, easier to evaluate and decrease the chances of loss induction.
Today management is what it is because of the great men we will discuss about later on. Taylor encouraged planning in the first phase, he emphasised over the importance of planning for all sizes and types of organisations. Continue reading...

Training involves vocational instructions for the already employed persons. The idea and concept of training was first used in the Second World War (Lathan, 2001, p 31). Training that is work related is significant as emerging techniques, methods, synthetic materials, tools, power sources, and the increased dependence on automation result in extensive changes in the work place. Training at the work place may take on two forms: onsite and off –the-job training. Onsite training sessions include those that are carried out within the actual establishments; most of these sessions are conducted by senior employees. On the other hand off-the-job Continue reading...

- Signaling vs. human capital theories.
In signaling theory, Spencer’s argument is that achievement of valid credentials is a crucial signal to an employer about a potential employee’s productivity. In this theory, education is taken as an individual’s effort regardless of the cost of attaining the credentials. In that respect, Spencer makes fundamental assumptions with one being that job vacancies require the prospective employees to have a certain set of skills and personality. In addition, Spencer classifies the pools of skills into two categories of good and bad, with good indicating a pool with potential for Continue reading...

Assignment 3: Risk Management Workshop

Finalized: November 16th, 2013
Introduction
There is always a positive relationship among organization and productivity; in fact whatever an organization does is merely to enhance their productivity (Damien McLoughlin, 2010). Different authors have come with different ideas regarding organizations and their objectives and most of the authors stated that, organization is basically a place, wherein people belong to different demographics, work together for the achievement of a single and pre-specified goal.. These employees of a company have been distributed into different departments, which mean that the real productivity of an entity lies in their departments (Damien McLoughlin, 2010).
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Introduction

Increased competition coupled with massive globalization has led to the adoption of strategic human resource management practices. This is with a bid to ensure productivity and profitability through the human capital at large. Currently, most firms manage their human capital strategically. This is unlike long ago when human resource department was traditionally left to handle administrative roles. Strategic human resource management advocates for practises such as training and development, selection and recruitment of employees through psychometric tests, change management, coaching, and ensuring learning takes place within the organization among other practises. Nonetheless, it is worth noting that many firms Continue reading...

The paper contains two parts: the first part is devoted to the book review of Eliyahu Goldratt The Goal that relates the issues of contemporary business management. The improvement of productivity is important to any organization. Also, it is important to effectively compete in the market using available resources for production pursuing the main objective of any business – to make money.

The second part of the paper is devoted the analysis of a real situation in the company which was improved using principles and approaches described in the book.

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Organizations function as an independent entity in the business environment. The action, behavior and culture of an organization is shaped and governed by its employee’s managers and stake holders. In each organization there are certain vital components that influences the way it behaves and function. The book Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge examines some of these vital components and presents research to highlight their importance. The role of a manager is to identify these components and incorporate them in daily processes to improve efficiency productivity and effectiveness. In this paper I discuss some of these vital components Continue reading...

Rewarding employees has a significant effect on the productivity of the company. Companies that recognize their employees’ work are more likely to experience greater outcomes in their duties. This paper looks at the reasons for this phenomenon. It studies the various studies carried out in the field of human resources concerning recognition and rewards systems in organizations and their roles in motivating employees to perform better at their jobs.

Rewarding employees boosts their morale to work, keeps them engaged at work and with their coworkers and makes them see their jobs as personal work. They own their work. Once Continue reading...

Article Critique

Summary and Analysis

The relationship between marriage and professional success has the same problems when it comes to causality as the age-old debate about the chicken and the egg. Generally, research has shown that, on the whole, married men earn between 10 and 40 percent more than their single counterparts (Cornaglia and Feldman). One of the reasons for this may be what is known as endogenous selection – for example, there may be other factors that explain both success in the workplace and in finding (and retaining) a marriage partner. Also, the professional success may actually explain the marital success, Continue reading...

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Application
I learned from reading this article that PRP (performance related pay) has a positive effect on productivity, particularly where individual performance can be evaluate and rewarded. This does support my attempt to answer my questions on the affects of pay for performance on motivation and productivity. The article provided further insights into how PRP motivates the workforce in both positive and negative ways. PRP is most effective in employment situations where it serves as an immediate financial reward to top performers. In these situations, it improves the company’s productivity in two ways; it increases the performance of Continue reading...

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I consider the arguments of Benjamin Powell and Matt Zwolinski (1 – 24) in the defense of sweatshop labor relatively solid and convincing. I agree with all the philosophical arguments that they forwarded except in minor areas in their supporting arguments. As such, this essay is largely a rejoinder of their arguments with additional supportive points that may strengthen their pro-sweatshop labor position.
I agree that the labor market for sweatshops continues to be competitive, and the prima facie proof that the sweatshop employment was the best alternative accessible to them rests on the Continue reading...

Introduction

Management is known as one of the most important things that associated with an organization, and no organization can attain effectiveness in their operational and other aspects without managing their organization in a perfect and organized manner (Burns and Peltason, p,90). Management is about managing the things in an effective manner, and it is equally applied over the management of the companies as a whole. The stance of management is totally different than that of the leadership. Leadership is all about lead the company from the front in an effective manner. Organizations are made to earn economic profit Continue reading...

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The main objective of every organization is to become competent and economically prosper and inevitably, every organization requires analyzing different things from different standpoints and every standpoint is important for the company. Unfortunately, there is no single definition of the term ‘Organization’ exists in this world, because every author has had defined the concept in somewhat different manner.
When it comes to managing the things, then every department will come under the nose of management. If the definition of organizations depends upon the fact that organization is a place where in different departments work together for Continue reading...

Human resources management is aimed at enhancing good performance among the many employees of an organization. Empirical results have shown that performance of employees has a relationship with the level of productivity. It is important for one to understand these two concepts in order to know the actual relationship between them. Performance is the actual execution of duties allocated by the employer in an organization (William 2012). It is the process of accomplishing work that has been assigned by the top management. Productivity is the rate at which output is produced using a given set of outputs.
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When purchasing a new apparatus, Companies consider the price of the item, the amount of revenue that the new item can create for the Company eventually, as well as, the scrap value of the new item. Besides, the Company must consider the rate of interest, which the Company uses in computing the present value of the future net income, which can be expected from the new apparatus. The Company will buy the item if the present value is positive, but if the present value is negative, the Company will not purchase the item. Similarly, the decision to go to Continue reading...

This is the communication that takes place within an organization, among and between employees. It takes various forms, such as formal meetings, emails, phone calls, face-to-face casual conversations, internal wikis and memorandums. In general, internal communication aims at sharing information by alternative channels or tools within an organization. In this annotated bibliography, I have keenly analysed internal communication in business.
Berger, B. (2008). Employee/organizational communications. Institute for Public Relations. Retrieved 4 April, 2012 from: http://www.instituteforpr.org/topics/employee-organizational-communications/
Bruce K. Berger, a Ph.D. at University of Alabama gives easy to understand researched article. The article talks about employee and or organizational communication. Continue reading...

Facebook is now blocked by more and more workplaces. As people continue to regularly visit the popular social networking site, companies are getting worried about the overall productivity of their employees who also access the social network while at work. But is banning Facebook from the workplace the best solution? Facebook is seen as a potential time wasting tool that can make employees less productive in the workplace. This, alongside other reasons, made employers choose to block the access to the popular social network in workplaces. However, prohibiting the use of Facebook in workplaces also prohibits the company to Continue reading...

Introduction

Businesses are meant to earn economic profit and enhance the strategic consequences accordingly. Organizations always want to increase their financial belongings accordingly and effectively and for the sake of the same thing, they may consider different provisions.
Operations Department is the one who used to keep the operations of a going concern in an effective and well organized manner. It is more than important for an organization to keep their operations in a perfect manner from which they can enhance the financial and strategic prosperity of the company (Brown and Lamming, 2014, pp. 41-45). An organization should be looking Continue reading...

Section 1: Relationship between reward systems and achievement of objectives

A strategic reward system is critical in measuring several aspects of team productivity. Some of the components of a strategic reward system include financial recognitions, awards, promotions and benefits. Organizations, which adopt such initiatives, do so with an expectation of an increase in productivity and quality of services. Reward systems are either tangible or intangible. Organizations use tangible rewards to employees for those tasks that are performed (Brown, 2001). These tasks must meet or go beyond the initial expectations. For the intangible rewards, employees are complimented in public based on their achievements in an organization.
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1. Overview the Content of the Case.
The national industrial products company, having experienced a number of changes, was faced with the challenge of employee motivation and realization of productivity. The two aspects conflicted due to the culture that the organization had developed earlier under the leadership of Jim Carpenter, who was the CEO. Carpenter’s leadership style gave the employees more freedom to operate as they wished even though they remained loyal to the company. Productivity was not stressed on so much but when Lawrence assumed the position of CEO, things changed dramatically as more emphasis was made Continue reading...

Introduction

Many theories have emerged on ways of motivating workers as a solution to the low productivity in the working place. Since the world war, issues in the workplace have emerged, such as equality, gender discrimination, poor interpersonal and interpersonal relationships, and job dissatisfaction among other issues. Over the decades, motivation of employees has been seen as one of the most effective solutions to improve productivity in the working place. Today, many employees embrace various methods that motivate their work force such as rewards, provision of good working condition, job security, and eliminating any factor that would cause job dissatisfaction Continue reading...

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Process management, project and system management are seen, as the best way to improve the business productivity (Miers, 2006). Project and system management allow the businesses to enhance the business productivity by reducing the cost, increasing the efficiency and capability to turn the business immediately. A business success hugely depends upon the people it takes to work, the way they perform together, the advance technology and system they use, and under what conditions these performance goals work (Dabaghkashani, Hajiheydari, and Haghighinasab, 2012). This report has discussed the importance of project management, process and system management in businesses and their Continue reading...

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Introduction

There is always a positive relationship among organization and productivity, in fact whatever an organization does is merely to enhance their productivity (Damien McLoughlin, 2010). Different authors has had come with different ideas regarding organizations and their objectives and most of the authors stated that, organization is basically a place, wherein people belongs to different demographics work together for the achievement of a single and pre-specified goal. These people would be regarded as the employees of a company. These employees of a company have been distributed into different departments, which mean that the Continue reading...