They hope the experimental employees will demonstrate indicators such
as higher productivity and lower absenteeism, and preliminary results appear promising... [more]
It is becoming more popular around the world,
as the high productivity and resiliency of the plant become more known.
Not exact matches
As a result, you can expect lowered
productivity and
higher turnover.
«Lulu enjoyed several years of extremely strong growth
as a faddish demand for its product produced record setting levels of sales
productivity and the
highest ever operating margins we've seen for a specialty apparel retailer.
As anyone who's dodged calls from collections agents knows, debt creates stress, which spawns all sorts of nasty offshoots in the workplace: lowered
productivity,
higher absenteeism, toxic morale.
With a lot of offices beginning to take the «collaborative» approach to working, noise can become a significant problem, and studies have shown that more noise leads to
higher degrees of stress, and less
productivity as a result.
The controversial Perth Freight Link has been put on Infrastructure Australia's list of
high priority projects that would improve living standards and
productivity,
as part of a 15 - year national plan released today.
Although the one - time costs of being connected are
higher on an annual basis, benefits accumulate over time,
as they tend to be made
as long - term investments in
productivity.
Niedermaier described the typical garment factory owner in the developing world
as: starved for capital; lacking the experience to scale up operations; thin in middle management to improve
productivity; and suffering
high staff turnover.
As a strong leader, you can inspire greater engagement and
higher productivity from everyone around you.
People who scored
high on the
productivity assessment were 10 times less likely to agree with statements such
as «I live in a mess — cluttered office, buried desk, disorganized home» and «I often feel distracted.
It is strange, however, to see corporate tax cuts being touted
as a job creation strategy,
as the benefits of
higher productivity are mostly
higher wages and profits, not increased employment.
A happy outlook brings surprising benefits to the workplace, such
as higher energy levels, fewer sick days, greater
productivity and better capacity to deal with stress.
More seriously, an Australian team reviewing the literature on open - plan offices — while confirming the British program's findings about
productivity — found more «shocking» effects on health and well - being, such
as higher airborne disease transmission in workplaces without walls.
More than 40 years ago, the Magna founder decided his company would experience
higher productivity and less labour strife — and,
as a result, faster growth — if its workers got some of the financial benefits of strong performance.
As discussed before, remaining employees may lose focus due to
high turnover, however the
productivity of the new hires is also an issue.
As is the case in India, which also has a high percentage of young people, this is seen as an opportunity for the country's future productivit
As is the case in India, which also has a
high percentage of young people, this is seen
as an opportunity for the country's future productivit
as an opportunity for the country's future
productivity.
And the Council of Economic Advisers announced that policies such
as work flexibility «lead to
higher labor force participation, greater labor
productivity and work engagement, and better allocation of talent across the economy.»
As with most flexible work options, employees who feel more in control over their work days and environments often translate that empowerment into improved
productivity and
higher job satisfaction.
If you have identified who these people are, however, you can quickly segment them out from the rest of your buyer personas, achieve a lower cost - per - lead and cost - per - customer, and see
higher sales
productivity as a result.
While it is sensible economics to interpret the positive link of employee stock ownership and profit sharing to company performance
as reflecting worker responses to the incentives in the plans, it is possible that the positive relation comes from a very different causal link, in which
higher -
productivity companies introduce profit sharing or employee stock ownership plans for whatever reason.
But if that doesn't lead to a
higher investment rate and
productivity growth, we could expect growth to roll over and lead to what potentially could be a recession, something I haven't seen discussed
as much before,» said Matt Toms, chief investment officer for Voya Investment Management.
Those that adopt this mentality will find new levels of
productivity, and
as a result, will deliver
higher quality care at lower and lower prices.
These include the economy's lack of diversification away from the non-oil sector and
high operating costs
as a result of bureaucracy and a lack of competition,
as well
as low
productivity due to relatively weak infrastructure and poor human capital development.
The group incentive nature of employee stock ownership and profit sharing makes this an effective way to create and reinforce a sense of common purpose, and to encourage
higher commitment and
productivity.23 It is also the case with ESOPs that the new ownership might not be viewed by the firm in the same way
as other added compensation because the ownership is financed through loans to buy new capital
as company stock, with Federal tax incentives, and the shares are not paid
as normal wages and benefits out of company budget reserved for this purpose.
Government has often played a role in promoting performance - enhancing work practices to enhance overall economy - wide outcomes from
higher productivity and innovation, such
as the long history of agricultural extension services (since 1887) to spread information on best practices in farming, and employer education on safety practices conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The latter initiative is perhaps the most important,
as technological innovation is so central to the country's goal to transition from low - end, labour - intensive manufacturing to a
high - tech,
productivity - led, consumption - based economy — and such a rich source of opportunities for investors.
Structural factors such
as aging populations, poor
productivity growth and
high debt levels mean historically low government bond yields are likely here to stay.
Both valuations and consumer sentiment may be at
high levels, but with stable real yields, rising
productivity and «normalised» valuations, the equity outlook is not necessarily negative —
as long
as economic growth continues.
Despite slowing a little in recent quarters,
as employment growth has picked up in response to earlier growth in output, Australia's
productivity growth in the 1990s has been
higher than in previous expansions.
In a meta analysis of 225 academic studies by Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura King and Ed Diener (
as reported in the 2012 Harvard Business Review) it was shown that happy employees have a
higher productivity rate by 31 %, increased sales by 37 % and are 3 times more innovative and creative.
It's no surprise that people with
higher morale would be more productive, and the facts speak for themselves: study after study, such
as SHRM Foundation and Global Workplace Analytics, shows that work flexibility leads to greater
productivity.
Core inflation has drifted
higher over the past year,
as slowing
productivity growth has pushed up growth in unit labour costs, albeit from a very low level.
After it was «rediscovered» by modern cooks and farmers in the 1970's, quinoa was designated by the United Nations
as a «super crop» for its
high productivity, nutrition and fast cooking time.
As an owner of your company, you have to ensure that the
productivity of your workers is
high and so is the efficiency.
The feature - rich Easypack ® Quantum ™ XTW offers
high productivity, ease - of - use, safety, superior ergonomics, paper - loading ease,
as well
as, flexible design which enables customized work cell options.
According to this vision, the Sustainable Agriculture Standard in its third draft 2016 version proposes a framework of requirements caring for a
higher productivity with optimized farm inputs that will enable smallholders to increase their income, satisfy their essential needs and conserve natural resources on their farms rather than exploiting them
as part of their income strategy.
CMA's success is based on strategic choices: offering
high quality machines designed to maximize
productivity while minimizing operating costs, consumption of water, energy and cleaning products,
as well
as guaranteeing long - lasting efficiency.
Around one third of the certified organic area in 1997 was in Alaska and almost half was in Colorado, where
productivity may not be
as high as in other regions.
To remain competitive and also meet consumers» broadening preferences, large and small processors are adopting continuous systems of various capacities that can provide
higher productivity and dramatically increased yields
as well
as improved food safety and quality.
Fathers mainly use flexible working or adjust leisure time to achieve
higher levels of involvement with their children (Dermott, 2006) and flexible working is seen by some employers
as a tool to boost
productivity and improve staff recruitment and retention (Jones, 2003; Reeves.
Initial and Additional Paternity Leave stimulate financial and labour
productivity performance,
as well
as attracting and keeping
high quality male employees
Speaking ahead of the meeting, Mrs May said: «We need a proper industrial strategy that focuses on improving
productivity, rewarding hard - working people with
higher wages and creating more opportunities for young people so that, whatever their background, they go
as far
as their talents will take them.
We must all re-dedicate ourselves so
as to attain
higher productivity and maximum efficiency,» he said.
«This is in part explained by the positive effects of
higher wages for businesses, which benefit from reduced levels of turnover, savings from reduced spending in recruiting and training new workers
as a result of the lower turnover,
higher morale and
productivity, and improved customer service.»
As associate professor and first - author Johan Bollen writes in an e-mail to Science Careers, they wanted their new system to «enable scientists to set their own priorities, fund scientists... not projects, avoid proposal writing and reviewing, avoid administrative burdens, encourage all scientists to participate collectively in the definition of scientific priorities, encourage innovation, reward scientists that make significant contributions to data, software, methods, and systems, avoid funding death spirals (no funding - > no research - > no funding) but still reward
high levels of
productivity, create the proper incentives for scholarly communication (publishing to communicate, not to improve bibliometrics), enable funding of daring and risky research, and so on.»
«Our study suggests that the effect of human capital on economic growth is larger in
high - quality - of - life counties — natural amenities such
as clean air and temperate climate, could potentially attract human capital and perhaps increase labor
productivity, thus boosting the effect of human capital on growth,» said Fan.
The authors find that the main barriers to large - scale deployment of both macro - and micro-algae, include
high demands of key resources for algal growth (such
as nutrients, water and CO ₂), difficulty in maintaining selected species with
high productivity content in outdoor culture,
as well
as high energy requirements and costs of algal production and conversion into biofuels.
The most straightforward — and likely the least controversial — method for improving water
productivity that Grant and his co-authors suggest is expanding efforts at reducing freshwater consumption, such
as replacing single - flush toilets with dual - flush toilets or installing
high - efficiency shower heads and washing machines.
Additionally, he says, recent research has found
high levels of unemployment and underemployment
as well
as poorer work
productivity among adults who had childhood ADHD than among those who did not.