Managers Guide for Improving Productivity.
Abstract
Many Federal executives tell us that significant and lasting improvements in productivity generally result from a thoughtful and deliberate process involving each employee in an organization. Although a "quick fix" may have quick payoff, its effects are generally short-lived. As a manager, you should spend part of each day or week improving the effectiveness and efficiency of your organization. You'll need periodically to: - Identify, refine, and redefine your mission, needs, issues, and problems, - Collect and analyze information on how your operation is running, - Introduce change-try new ways of doing things, - Measure and analyze the results, - Make systemic and/or permanent changes, - Evaluate and continue to monitor. Although there are some "rules of thumb" for improving productivity, it's still more an art than a science, and you'll often get faster results by adopting/adapting someone else's ideas than by simply following theory. With that in mind, this booklet contains some theory, some practical approaches to consider, and some examples that may give you insight into your own problems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA364856