Organizational linkages : understanding the productivity paradox / Douglas H. Harris, editor ; Panel on Organizational Linkages, Committee on Human Factors, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Harris, Douglas H., 1930-

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Human Factors.

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Organizational Linkages.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial productivity.

Industrial productivity--United States.

United States.

Organizational effectiveness.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 14 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.

Summary:

By one analysis, a 12 percent annual increase in data processing budgets for U.S. corporations has yielded annual productivity gains of less than 2 percent. This timely book provides some insights by exploring the linkages among individual, group, and organizational productivity. The authors examine how to translate workers' productivity increases into gains for the entire organization, and discuss why huge investments in automation and other innovations have failed to boost productivity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0309049342

OCLC:

30892077