Total factor productivity

spring 2014 issue of The Public Manager. The article focuses on government employee disengagement at work, which may ultimately result in job turnover, and offers suggestions for managers and supervisors to improve employee engagement to keep their productivity high (Cowart, 2014). Though this article concentrates on government employees, I believe the information presented is relevant to all employees, whether they be in the public or private sector. Employee engagement is vital to an…

Corporate reputation According to the principal component analysis, the characteristics of LCG's corporate reputation can be grouped in two components (see table 22). The first component, called ‘external corporate reputation’, corresponds to general characteristics of external reputation as: trust, admiration, overall reputation, well management, good place to work, good employees, and high standards treating people. The second component, ‘social corporate reputation’, is related to the…

eating the cookies until they are satisfied, however, it takes time to bake more cookies and if the cookies in the jar are eaten faster than they are made, the supply of cookies will quickly run out. This analogy is a good example referring to the factors responsible for the situation of overexploitation (Enzor).…

What are the causes of the global patterns of Malaria? A countries environment and climate are huge factors that affect the predominance of malaria within that country. Mosquitos thrive in warm areas and can only live in temperatures above 16 degrees Celsius. The African Region accounts for 85% of malaria cases and 90% of malaria deaths worldwide. The year round warm climate in sub Saharan Africa provides perfect conditions for mosquitos and the malaria parasite to reproduce quickly and go…

every year.1 Thus, heart disease is the number one killer of women compared to all cancers combined.1 It is reported that approximately 43 million women in the U.S are affected by heart disease, and about 90 percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.1 More women die of heart attacks or other heart disease than men, and they are more likely to not get proper treatment compared to men. 2 This risk is even higher in African- American women. Nearly 50,000 African-…

before they can approve it to be utilized in the organization. Shawn, who would be making a presentation about human capital management, should make sure that John and the board of directors fully understands the approach in order to make sure that productivity is increased in the organization. How Should I Approach the Board? The first step is to explain what human capital management is and how it will benefit all…

Inequality The world around us is comprised of unequal social factors in all ages and periods, and inequality is preeminently shown in economics. In the past, inequality was mainly reflected by gender discrimination and racial discrimination. In the present, inequality is revealed by class-ism, a prejudice on the basis of social class. All these discriminations and inequalities were actually created by profits. Besides, inequality will not be disappeared shortly. In the past, white Americans…

Social Factors Social factors are those factors which actually measures the psychological factors of customers in an existing market. Social factors are the region which includes the shared belief of the population. Social factors comprises of career attitudes, population growth and many more (Cook, Macaulay and Coldicott, 2004). These factors are of certain interest because Amazon has a direct impact on how their marketers appreciate their consumers as well as understands that what drives…

measures for GE’s decentralized business units (Lewis, 1955). The project team recommended that divisional performance be measured by one financial and seven nonfinancial metrics. 1. Profitability (measured by residual income) 2. Market share 3. Productivity 4. Product leadership 5. Public responsibility 6. Personnel development 7. Employee attitudes 8. Balance between short-range and long-range objectives The roots of BSC are embodied in those eight objectives. Unfortunately,…

Improving a country’s standard of living aims to increase the degree of wealth and comfort that a group of people in a certain geographic area experience by promoting economic growth. The standard of living takes into account many factors, some being; income gap, unemployment rate, poverty level, inflation rate, and gross domestic product. Gross domestic product or GDP is the sum of a country’s consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports. The most common measurement of a…