Sentences with phrase «less productivity as»

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.

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Canada's history of protectionism, on the other hand (in addition to restrictions on trade between provinces), has resulted in markets that are generally less competitive than those in the large U.S. market and real wages that do not track productivity growth as closely:

To survive and thrive as a leader in business in the coming year, you can't be anything less than a productivity rock star, a tricky feat Entrepreneur offered expert tips and advice on practically daily throughout 2014.

For instance, they'll be less happy and more stressed (which affects things like their productivity and creativity); they may quit on you (which will cost you and your company time and money); they may give you bad reviews or complain to HR (which puts your job in jeopardy); and you'll have trouble earning their respect, being viewed as credible, and getting them to listen to your opinions.

Given the figures in the table, it's easy to see why United's productivity gains have been recognized by investors since it does more with less and it has seen its stock price rise 45 % in one year as of April 26, 2017.

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.

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.

The rest is attributable to businesses having a lot less physical capital (such as machines and software) than was anticipated, and having unexpectedly low total factor productivity (the productivity of labor and capital).

[158] Other causes include the rise in non-cash benefits as a share of worker compensation (which aren't counted in CPS income data), immigrants entering the labor force, statistical distortions including the use of different inflation adjusters by the BLS and CPS, productivity gains being skewed toward less labor - intensive sectors, income shifting from labor to capital, a skill gap - driven wage disparity, productivity being falsely inflated by hidden technology - driven depreciation increases and import price measurement problems, and / or a natural period of adjustment following an income surge during aberrational postwar circumstances.

Remember that in terms of «debt productivity» each additional dollar of debt has less and less impact on GDP growth as a larger percentage of the new debt has to be used to service the existing debt.

This approach is conveniently less expensive, because productivity research is now usually a joint effort between governments and multi-national corporations who have a product to sell to farmers as a result of the research, for example genetically modified crop varieties.

... Without the defined academic productivity and rank requirements of the TTT type (e.g., «publish or perish»), clinician — educator faculty who face ever - increasing clinical demands may put less emphasis on producing measurable academic products, such as publications in peer - reviewed journals or grant - funded research.»

The remaining economic costs were a result of productivity losses, mostly from early death ($ 7.9 billion), as well as people leaving the workforce early ($ 0.5 billion), taking sick leave ($ 0.2 billion) and being less productive at work due to poor health ($ 0.07 billion).

Rising temperatures, for example, could either increase or decrease biological productivity,» Salawitch says, as well as the emission of certain less - prevalent gases that are exchanged between the air and ocean.

Schmid sees «an opportunity for the future of nutrition for humankind in the untapped potential of biodiversity» — a promising prospect as the OECD and the United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are giving off worrying signals: Both organizations predict that agricultural productivity will rise less steeply in future than has been the case thus far.

The challenge for WHEAT is no less than to raise the productivity, affordability and quality of wheat and wheat - based foods for 2.5 billion resource - poor consumers in 89 countries today, as well as meeting rising demand from a world population expected to surpass 9 billion by mid-century.

It's clear that these kids have a genuine problem, and a more probing film might have questioned the cultural factors that contribute to it, as well as the efficacy of more or less kidnapping errant youths and trying to coerce them back into productivity.

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Also, given how many commodities are priced globally, and those have become a more important part of the cost structure recently (though the effect is not that bad if one takes a long - term view... increased productivity means we use less commodities to achieve the same ends as 40 years ago), the factor share going to labor in developed countries is probably being squeezed a little.

As a result, the team benefits from less wasted time, fewer misdirected activities and higher productivity.

The title refers to the term Slowdown, an industrial action in which workers reduce productivity and efficiency - a measure that is seen as less risky and costly for workers and unions than a real strike.

The three works selected for Soundtracks are Sphere Packing: Mozart (2014; white polymer, 565 audio channels), Sphere Packing: Wagner (2013; glazed porcelain, 110 audio channels), and Sphere Packing: Cage (2014; plastic, 269 audio channels)-- an abridged walk through the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.2 The series as a whole, featuring seventeen composers, constitutes nothing less than a broad history of classical music, with surprising insights in terms of productivity, ranging from seventeen compositions (by Claudio Monteverdi) to 1,128 (by Johann Sebastian Bach).

In explanation of the increase in productivity, a studio assistant said that the painter had consciously decided to be less self - critical as he knew the time left to him was growing short.

The biofuel productivity is best on the most fertile lands, they get less as the land, rainfall, etc get less fertile.

Whereas ConAgra, listed as a direct competitor to Kraft by Yahoo Finance, stated, «In the event that such climate change has a negative effect on agricultural productivity, we may be subject to decreased availability or less favorable pricing for certain commodities that are necessary for our products, such as corn, wheat and potatoes.»

Most of these are second order effects unrelated to plant hormone chemistry; while plants become brittler, less well - nourished and more nitrogen - depleting, less capable of maintaining thermal homeostasis, faster aging and weedier as CO2 plant hormone changes affect them, they generally just shift their mix in the wild and drop their productivity as soil microbes change toward more adverse colonies, but aren't yet wholesale dying out for the most part.

Thus, custody and access fights can become bottomless pits of time, money and such additional miseries as loss of productivity at work, more need for stress and depression related medical care, and less money to spend in the broader economy on, for example, new furniture for the kids's new bedrooms.

Both the owners of the orthopaedic practice were working an additional 12 - 13 hours on evenings and weekends to maintain productivity as the employee's productivity declined to 50 % or less of what it should have been.

More critically, we submit that the doubling of GC judges is an unnecessary distraction from less visible and arguably more decisive issues such as case management and productivity per personnel unit.

But as we all know, hours billed don't necessarily correlate to efficiency; indeed, longer hours may signal less productivity, not more.

It has been our experience that the collection of billed hours is a far more significant measure of productivity, since billable hours alone will not benefit the economics of the firm and, if used as a paramount standard of worth, will less likely lead to delegation unless more working time is not possible / practical.

BENEFITS: • Quicker payments to law firm • Improves productivity as less time is spent submitting and following up on invoices • Expedites invoice review and processing with e-billing practices and automatic adjustments to match agreed - upon billing guidelines • Easy to track matter billings against budgets • Facilitates closer collaboration and better communication with in - house legal departments

As hourly measures of productivity begin their long decline, «face time» at the firm will become less important.

«Access to the Google Play store and the Android apps ecosystem, combined with the freemium productivity suites such as Slack, make [Chromebooks] a viable option for remote workers,» Gartner's Goertz told TechNewsWorld, «and Samsung's carefully selected price points are justified vis - a-vis the slightly less expensive competition.»

While some productivity skills are obvious, others are less common but just as welcomed.

With a growing number of freelancers and programmers working from home, it is said that working alone can actually boost work productivity, as there will be far less distractions than in an office environment crowded with sociable coworkers.

Served as a lead worker for less experienced employees and coordinated daily productivity goals to ensure company growth and profitability by consistently attaining 100 % policy issuance with complete accuracy.

As well, workers are less likely to be absent due to illness, which has the dual benefit of reducing lost productivity and reducing costs associated with health benefits.

Given your lower costs, it might seem as if you could demand less in terms of productivity.

Though there are not as many studies about trees and productivity, some of the literature suggests that when workers can see trees, they have less sick days.