Time is also another important factor in increasing productivity. In today's work environment, valuable time of productivity are wasted through late start, early quits, excessive rest and coffee breaks and non-business communications. It is recommended that supervisors should participate in employee conservation to an extent and doing so employees may feel important. These can great zeal on the part of the employees to put in their maximum effort. On the other hand, excessive supervisor visitation can impair productivity.
Job enrichment is also yet another way to increase productivity.
Job enrichment simply means the altering and expanding of a job to provide a worker with greater responsibility and more autonomy for carrying out that responsibility. Employees will feel more dignity and security and their work increased after their jobs were enriched. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. recently increased its productivity by moving its people away E-mail and telephones and moved them to a shared sales database. The new system provides better information in a faster manner. The move could also mean significant gains in productivity.