Human Work Productivity: A Global Perspective - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 143987414X ISBN 13: 9781439874141

Publisher: CRC Press, 2013

Synopsis

The current global economic downturn and considerable shifting in industrial and manufacturing activities have disturbed the industrial order. However, human work productivity is still one of the most important components of the industrial economy and a determining factor in global competiveness and influence as well as the potential for technological innovation and advancement. Human Work Productivity: A Global Perspective covers how human productivity affects the industrial economy and competitiveness across the industrial and manufacturing sectors.

Many approaches that have worked historically must now be reexamined and new approaches must be developed. Integrating recent concepts related to human work productivity for modern production systems/organizations, this book examines how ergonomic improvements for the human operator and/or redesign and rearrangement of the workplace can boost individual productivity. It also covers the impact of the aging workforce, reports on an investigation of total productive maintenance, and considers the efficacy of workplace design from a maintenance perspective. Discussions of work hours and their effect on productivity, the impact of technology, and productivity in a health care organization complete the coverage.

In any organization, all components must be considered as an integrated whole for sustained productivity. This book explores these components as independent factors and examines their impact on productivity. It then discusses models integrating these factors, creating a clear understanding of the whole, and details schemes of optimization for putting that understanding into practice.

About this title

About the Author:

Shrawan Kumar, Anil Mital, Arunkumar Pennathur

Review:

"... a unique volume examining various aspects of industrial and manufacturing practices as they relate to human workplace productivity and international competitiveness. ... These diverse articles also consider other factors that may affect work productivity, including education and population trends. ... Recommended."
--G. E. Kaupins, Boise State University in CHOICE Magazine, April 2014

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 143987414X
• ISBN 13: 9781439874141
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 253
• Editor: Kumar Shrawan, Mital Anil, Pennathur Arunkumar