Productivity can be independent of size if we work at it together.
Objective
To maximize short-term profits.
To maximize productivity over the long-term.
Method
Reduce head count by selling off business units and terminating employees. This company retreats... Read the rest in...
Build synergies by using business teams and collaborative work systems. This company pursues... Read the rest in...
Beneficiary
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Employee Outcome
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Market Outcome
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... Chapter 1 Excerpt: 'Corporate Size and Productivity'
Companies have always sought the biggest bang for their buck. The two questions which have become central to this issue in recent years are: 1) How do companies become more productive?; and 2) What should companies do with new efficiencies once they are found? The ways in which companies answer these two questions will go a long way toward deciding how competitive they will be in the new millennium.