Productivity

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Wall Street Journal  Nov 27  Comment 
Overtime is returning at many manufacturers, boosting workers' battered wages and helping companies increase output during a period of uncertain growth.
MarketWatch  Nov 26  Comment 
RedPrairie Holding Inc., the Milwaukee provider of productivity solutions for manufacturing, distribution and retail, registered an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In a statement late on Wednesday,...
The Straits Times  Nov 25  Comment 
EVEN as a government-led panel prepares a blueprint for new ways to grow the economy, a think-tank has outlined what Singapore needs to do to remain competitive and relevant in the global marketplace.
Red Orbit  Nov 25  Comment 
The five billion pound Skills for Life program is based on the assumption that an improvement in literacy and numeracy will increase people's earning potential, as well as their productivity and employability.
New York Times  Nov 24  Comment 
From Bits: Asana, started by a Facebook co-founder, has raised money from well-known venture capitalists for its still-secret workplace productivity software.
New Straits Times  Nov 24  Comment 
JOHOR should set up an economic and productivity task force to monitor the economy at the district level.
Business Standard  Nov 23  Comment 
Even as the sugar industry is competing with jaggery makers for a larger share of cane for their mills, the Karnataka government has initiated steps to popularise new sugar-rich cane varieties suitable for jaggery making and increase productivity...
TechCrunch  Nov 23  Comment 
Web-based productivity suite Zoho is launching a new product today, Zoho Recruit. A niche product, Zoho Recruit, is an application designed to help HR Departments and staffing agencies management recruitment. Zoho Recruit, which is an offshoot...
The Economic Times  Nov 21  Comment 
The ancient Chinese system of Feng Shui can be applied to many different areas of your life - to help improve relationships, productivity , creativity, and even for the optimal comfort of your pets.
BusinessWeek  Nov 19  Comment 
Environmentally-friendly construction practices have gotten a lot of hype over the past few years but do they really pay off as an investment? A new study found that tenants in green buildings experience increased productivity and fewer sick days....
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Productivity growth drives advancement, from the micro level to the macro - it is one of two sustainable drivers of GDP growth, and one of the competitive advantages of leading firms across the globe. Productivity is simply how much one can get out of set resources. For example, the ongoing development of information technology increases the amount of work an employee can perform every hour, be it making cars or creating spreadsheets.

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