A holistic approach to the productivity paradox

Title: A holistic approach to the productivity paradox
Creator: Wigblad, Rune; Lewer, John; Hansson, Magnus
Relation: Human Systems Management Vol. 26, Issue 2, p. 85-97
Relation: http://iospress.metapress.com/content/n2865v38j07gh434
Publisher: IOS Press
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2007
Description: Both the public and private sectors have since the 1980s relentlessly cut the size of their workforces. The downsizing has regularly been reported to lead to closure of a whole or a part of a corporation or organization. Some studies which have analyzed the closures have reported that remarkable, counterintuitive improvements in labor productivity occurred during the time-period between the closure announcement and the final working day. Testing an elaborated cybernetic model on a Swedish case study, and on an exploratory basis, this paper proposes a holistic approach to generate a better understanding of this phenomenon. The main holistic pattern is a new order where management control is replaced by more “Self-management” on the plant level, and very strong psychological reactions based on feelings of unfairness.
Subject: closedown; cybernetics; downsizing; industrial relations; productivity
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/939520
Identifier: uon:12830
Identifier: ISSN:0167-2533
Language: eng
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