Productivity improvement management
Subtitle: Bialek's productivity law
By: Jacques Bialek.
Edition: [1st ed.].
Publisher: California Management Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Industrial productivity -- Management.
Notes: Errata slip pasted on p. [6].
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: 7; label: Lecture 1
title: Productivity: Fiction, Facts, And Politics; title: Introduction
pagenum: 17; title: Productivity Definitions
pagenum: 20; title: Organization Productivity
pagenum: 21; title: Government Regulation And Productivity
pagenum: 24; title: Engineering Efficiency
pagenum: 26; title: National Productivity Trends-Three Major Facts
pagenum: 30; title: First Fact-American Agriculture
pagenum: 31; title: Second Fact-American Total Factor Productivity
pagenum: 32; title: Remarks On National Productivity Data
pagenum: 32; title: Third Fact-Trend To Service Economy
pagenum: 34; title: Four Major Productivity Challenges
pagenum: 36; title: First Challenge-Our Own Organization
pagenum: 36; title: Second Challenge-Management
pagenum: 37; title: Third Challenge-Government
pagenum: 38; title: Fourth Challenge-Basic Science
pagenum: 40; title: The Laser
pagenum: 40; title: The Transistor
pagenum: 41; title: Politics Of Science
pagenum: 44; title: Effect On Engineering Resources
pagenum: 44; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 47; label: Lecture 2
title: Productivity: New Management Concepts; title: Introduction
pagenum: 49; title: Productivity: What Is It? How Is It Defined?
pagenum: 51; title: Productivity Formula-Concept
pagenum: 53; title: Organization Productivity Formula
pagenum: 55; title: The New Sales Manager
pagenum: 55; title: The Fainting Assembly Line Workers
pagenum: 56; title: Basic Improvement Definitions
pagenum: 57; title: Productivity Factors
pagenum: 59; title: Productivity Measurement
pagenum: 60; title: Comprehensive Management System
pagenum: 63; title: Early U.S. Space Program
pagenum: 65; title: Technical Management Productivity
pagenum: 67; title: The Fast Rising Engineering Executive
pagenum: 69; title: The New Chief Engineer
pagenum: 70; title: New Hire At The MIT Radiation Laboratory
pagenum: 71; title: Productivity And Change
pagenum: 73; title: Government Response To Change
pagenum: 75; title: Relative Productivity Evaluation
pagenum: 75; title: "No Cost" Improvement Resources
pagenum: 77; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 78; label: Lecture 3
title: Productivity: The Elusive Gold Mine; title: Introduction
pagenum: 79; title: The New Standard Oil Executive
pagenum: 80; title: Work and Productivity
pagenum: 82; title: Major Fallacies
pagenum: 83; title: Productivity and Politics
pagenum: 87; title: Productivity and Management
pagenum: 87; title: Major Productivity Improvement Example
pagenum: 89; title: Counterproductive Assumptions
pagenum: 90; title: R & D Purchasing Department Case History
pagenum: 91; title: Productivity Improvement Process
pagenum: 95; title: What Makes Productivity Improvement Possible?
pagenum: 97; title: Progressive / Conservative Productivity Concepts
pagenum: 98; title: Other Requirements for Productivity Improvement
pagenum: 98; title: The Old Worker and the Young Boss
pagenum: 99; title: Productivity and Change
pagenum: 100; title: Productivity Law - Introduction
pagenum: 100; title: Bialek's Productivity Law
pagenum: 103; title: Summary - To Reach and Exploit the Gold Mine of Productivity
pagenum: 104; label: Lecture 4
title: Productivity: Resources and Resource Factors; title: Introduction
pagenum: 105; title: Is an Improvement "Program" Needed?
pagenum: 106; title: Productivity Definitions - Formulas
pagenum: 108; title: Simple Productivity Definition
pagenum: 108; title: Productivity Improvement Example: Farming
pagenum: 109; title: Basic 'Productivity' System Concept
pagenum: 112; title: Conceptual Productivity Formula
pagenum: 115; title: Productivity Index
pagenum: 116; title: Productivity Definitions - Resources and Resource Factors
pagenum: 117; title: Resource Identification Test
pagenum: 117; title: Types of Resources and Resource Factors
pagenum: 118; title: A Restaurant Kitchen
pagenum: 118; title: Important Productivity Management Considerations
pagenum: 120; title: Productivity Resources and Resource Factors Description
pagenum: 121; title: Tangible or Obvious Resources and Resource Factors
pagenum: 122; title: Intangible or Not Obvious Resources and Resource Factors
pagenum: 123; title: Intangible or Less Obvious Resources and Resource Factors
pagenum: 127; title: Resources and Resource Factors - Summary
pagenum: 137; title: Resources and Resource Factors - Conclusion
pagenum: 140; label: Lecture 5
title: Productivity: Outputs and Output Factors; title: Introduction
pagenum: 141; title: Output Identification Test
pagenum: 142; title: Output Identification Examples
pagenum: 143; title: A Chocolate Chip Cookies Shop
pagenum: 143; title: A Purchasing Department
pagenum: 144; title: Output and Output Factors Categories
pagenum: 145; title: Outputs and Output Factors Description
pagenum: 146; title: Primary / Direct Outputs and Output Factors
pagenum: 147; title: Secondary / Indirect Outputs and Output Factors
pagenum: 148; title: Outputs and Output Factors - Summary
pagenum: 156; title: Outputs and Output Factors - Conclusion
pagenum: 158; title: The Storekeeper's Re-Order System
pagenum: 159; title: Productivity Improvement Activity
pagenum: 161; title: Productivity Measurement
pagenum: 161; title: Productivity Measurement Outcome Possibilities
pagenum: 162; title: Outcome Summary
pagenum: 164; title: Productivity Improvement Situations
pagenum: 165; title: Improvement Situations - Summary
pagenum: 167; title: Productivity Problems
pagenum: 168; title: Productivity Problems Manifestation
pagenum: 168; title: Productivity Problems Manifestation - Summary
pagenum: 170; title: Productivity Problems Identification
pagenum: 171; title: Productivity Problems Identification Techniques
pagenum: 173; title: Problem Identification Techniques - Summary
pagenum: 178; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 180; label: Lecture 6
title: Productivity: Improvement Program Action; title: Introduction
pagenum: 183; title: The Basic Productivity Improvement Goals
pagenum: 184; title: Productivity Improvement Action
pagenum: 185; title: Task Planning Sequence
pagenum: 185; title: Productivity Problem Solution Development
pagenum: 187; title: Basic Solution Starting Ideas
pagenum: 187; title: Productivity Problem Solution Analysis
pagenum: 189; title: Basic Analysis Starting Ideas
pagenum: 189; title: Productivity Improvement Program Development
pagenum: 191; title: Program Name
pagenum: 191; title: Program Acceptance and Implementation
pagenum: 192; title: Improvement Program Feedback Action
pagenum: 193; title: Productivity Improvement Work
pagenum: 193; title: The Worker
pagenum: 193; title: General Considerations for Productivity Improvement Work
pagenum: 195; title: Improvement Work Considerations - Summary
pagenum: 197; title: Functional Scope of Productivity Improvement Work
pagenum: 198; title: Productivity Improvement Work: Organization
pagenum: 199; title: Company Wide Program Considerations
pagenum: 200; title: Specialized Group Considerations
pagenum: 202; title: Mixed Organization Considerations
pagenum: 204; title: Productivity Improvement Work Organization - Conclusion
pagenum: 205; title: Recurrent Sources of Low Productivity
pagenum: 209; label: 1
title: Prejudice
pagenum: 210; label: 2
title: Equipment
pagenum: 212; label: 3
title: Computer Systems
pagenum: 214; title: System Productivity Problem Prevention
pagenum: 216; label: 4
title: Personnel Turnover
pagenum: 218; label: 5
title: Personnel Controls
pagenum: 222; title: Controls, Morale, Stress - Example
pagenum: 224; label: 6
title: Organization Size and Structure
pagenum: 225; title: Structure: Big or Small?
pagenum: 226; title: Improved Organization Concepts
pagenum: 227; title: Organization Structure and Responsibilities
pagenum: 228; title: Lecture Conclusion
pagenum: 230; label: Lecture 7
title: Productivity: Improvement Management Principles; title: Introduction
pagenum: 231; title: Recurrent Sources of Low Productivity
pagenum: 232; label: 7
title: Overtime
pagenum: 232; label: 8
title: Progress Reporting
pagenum: 234; label: 9
title: Management Style
pagenum: 236; label: 10
title: Work Environment
pagenum: 238; label: 11
title: Re-inventing the Wheel
pagenum: 242; label: 12
title: Reliance on Written Procedures
pagenum: 244; label: 13
title: Cumbersome Procedures
pagenum: 245; title: How Good Procedures Become Cumbersome
pagenum: 246; label: 14
title: Meetings
pagenum: 248; label: 15
title: Telephone and Written Communications
pagenum: 251; label: 16
title: Work Assignments
pagenum: 255; label: 17
title: Planning
pagenum: 258; label: 18
title: Waste
pagenum: 261; label: 19
title: Employee Theft
pagenum: 264; label: 20
title: "Memorandumitis"
pagenum: 267; title: Recurrent Sources of Low Productivity - Summary
pagenum: 270; title: Productivity Improvement - Major Requirements
pagenum: 272; title: Productivity Improvement Management - Conclusion
pagenum: 274; title: Bialek's "Productivity Laws"
pagenum: 275; title: Supplement; title: How I Solved a Variety of Productivity Problems
pagenum: 281; title: Productivity Improvement Case Histories
pagenum: 283; title: Technical Research
pagenum: 284; title: Note on Productivity in Research
pagenum: 287; title: Research and Development
pagenum: 289; title: Equipment
pagenum: 292; title: Production Engineering
pagenum: 294; title: Note on Persistent Productivity Problems - A Suggested Course of Action
pagenum: 297; title: Management System
pagenum: 299; title: Note on Backlog Problem Situations - Management Systems Implications
pagenum: 304; title: Office Procedure
pagenum: 306; title: EDP Project
pagenum: 310; title: Background - Municipal Government Accounting
pagenum: 310; title: Case History
pagenum: 311; title: Manufacturing
pagenum: 315; title: Corporate Policy
pagenum: 320; title: Addendum - Complaint in Lingerie
pagenum: 323; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 326; title: List of Figures and Tables
pagenum: 328; title: Index
pagenum: 329