No matterthe work being done, it's important to ensure that people arespending their time wisely, being efficient and feel they arehaving an impact in the workplace. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Productivity at its basis, signifies the rate of output per unitof input. The phrase echoes an era where people were seen aselements in a production line, measured by the amount of time itwould take them to produce a single item. But in today's knowledge-based economy, this measure ofproductivity no longer holds true, making it increasingly difficultto evaluate people's' performance.
It's challenging to measure knowledge-based workers purely bythe output of their productivity. Quality is often important,meaning that the sheer amount of time spent on a project, or thefinal work delivered, may not be directly related to the person'sproductivity. In today's knowledge-based economy, if organizationsfocus solely on measuring productivity as the volume of output ofpeople's work, they are likely to find themselves with a stressedand disengaged workforce that feels misunderstood.
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