Developing the organization's productivity strategy in various sectors of industry

Developing the organization's productivity strategy in various sectors of industry

Purpose - The paper aims to present an approach to improve the organisation's productivity which is applicable in every industrial sector. The nucleus of the approach is to develop an optimal productivity strategy in an organization by the application of a uniform static model of productivity (...

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Published in:International journal of productivity and performance management Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 93 - 109
Main Authors: Oeij, P.R.A, De Looze, M.P, Ten Have, K, Van Rhijn, J.W, Kuijt-Evers, L.F.M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01-01-2012
Subjects:
Customer services
Design engineering
Dynamic control
Economic growth
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health care
Intervention
Knowledge
Mathematical models
Methods
Optimization
Productivity
R&D
Research & development
Strategy
Studies
Transformations
Variables
Productivity
Knowledge work
Q4-model of productivity
Quality
Service industry
Manufacturing
Productivity rate
Manufacturing systems
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Summary:Purpose - The paper aims to present an approach to improve the organisation's productivity which is applicable in every industrial sector. The nucleus of the approach is to develop an optimal productivity strategy in an organization by the application of a uniform static model of productivity (Q4-model), covering quantity and quality aspects and applicable to various sectors of industry, and a dynamic control cycle.Design methodology approach - The study discusses the steps of the approach and presents three case studies from different industrial sectors where the approach has been applied.Findings - The approach has proven to be uniformly applicable in all three cases from these different sectors, namely consultancy, health care and manufacturing. Across these applications highly different productivity-related challenges, productivity strategies, and specific interventions are described in the perspective of the Q4-model.Research limitations implications - The approach is not made for measuring the quantity and quality input and output factors of productivity.Practical implications - The approach succeeds in developing a productivity strategy which combines quantity and quality input and output factors and supports the transformation of a strategy analysis into a practical intervention.Originality value - The approach is unique in its uniform applicability to every industrial sector and is helpful to entrepreneurs, managers and innovators.
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ISSN:1741-0401
1758-6658
DOI:10.1108/17410401211187525