PRODUCTIVITY TECHNIQUES: 1) Concept of Productivity application in manufacturing and service industries, application in different functional areas.

. 2) Measurement of Productivity partial, Multifactor and Total Factor Models, Sumaths Total productivity Model, sinks Multifactor Model, Productivity by Objectives, American productivity Center Models, Value analysis & Value Engineering. 3) Approach to Productivity Improvement Classic ILO approach, Modern TQC approach, Sumaths 5-pronged approach product based, technology based, people based, material based and task based techniques. 4) Quality Circles Relationship with total quality management, objectives, seven tools fishbone diagram, Pareto, Analysis, Scatter diagrams, checklists, control charts, etc. use in solving chronic problems, Organising for Quality Circles, Structure, method of implementation of Quality Circles. 5) Creativity Based Techniques Brain Storming, Synectics, Whole Brain Thinking, Nominal Group Techniques, use in Creative problem solving with practical applications.

Most of the topics are introduced here: ESSENTIAL PART OF STUDY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/ediewert/02chap.pdf [ignore mathematical formulae, analysis] http://www.scribd.com/doc/36878962/Productivity-Techniques http://www.enotes.com/productivity-concepts-measures-reference/productivity-conceptsmeasures http://www.scribd.com/doc/38949565/PT-Lecture-1 For Topics 2,3 http://www.enotes.com/productivity-concepts-measures-reference/productivity-conceptsmeasures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_circle (Only intro part.) http://www.apo-tokyo.org/productivity/pmtt_021.htm http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Wzjb55Gv5zoC&pg=PA458&lpg=PA458&dq=productivity+te chnique&source=bl&ots=OXlm1T6BLf&sig=mQFQ0IJ4pGIURk7rmXALh_NMdmQ&hl=en&sa=X &ei=pW3aUN25BI7QrQff8oHACg&ved=0CGQQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=productivity%20tec hnique&f=false http://www.oecd.org/std/productivitystatistics/2352458.pdf (Chapter 1, 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity_techniques other links can be found on the same page. SUGGESTED LINKS WHICH CAN HELP YOU IN YOUR ASSIGNMENTS Some topics of practical interest are here:

Students can use the following topics as a back-bone study for their assignments. i.e. read these topics, observe around practically to look for these techniques used in your organization, evaluate their success/failure and Suggest the improvements for productivity in your practical work life. http://lifehacker.com/5890129/five-best-productivity-methods http://lifehacker.com/5828033/how-to-build-your-own-productivity-style-by-remixing-from-thebest http://sixrevisions.com/productivity/9-productivity-techniques-for-freelancers/ http://www.stevenaitchison.co.uk/blog/the-most-powerful-productivity-techniques-ever/ http://www.entrepreneur.com.ph/ideas-and-opportunities/article/4-productivity-techniques-youshould-try http://makegreatstuff.com/ernest-hemingways-productivity-technique/ http://www.spreeder.com/blog/5-top-productivity-techniques/ SELF PRODUCTIVITY WITH COMPUTERS http://www.wbsonline.com/resources/measures-of-productivity/ can you apply any one at your work place? http://www.mathysmedical.com/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_download/Arztforum/Kreativitaetstec hniken_E.pdf http://www.d4s-de.org/manual/d4sChapter09.pdf

CASE STUDY PAPERS: These are from various types of incudtries. You can chose ANY MATCHING/ clossly matching one from these OR ANY OUTSIDE CASE STUDY PAPERS for your Assignments. http://www.uml.edu/centers/CIC/Research/Lazonick_Research/Older_Research/Work_and_Pro ductivity/production%20relations,%20labor%20productivity.pdf http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09/papers/index_files/ical-111_76_183_2_RV.pdf http://www.slideshare.net/kailassreechandran/quality-circles http://www.secl.nic.in/HRM/QUALITY_CIRCLE.pdf

ADVANCED TOPICS

not for exam, but those interested in management excellence can read and USE THESE IN ASSIGNMENTS OR EXAMS. http://www.cenbank.org/OUT/PUBLICATIONS/OCCASIONALPAPERS/RD/2000/ABE-00-1.PDF http://www.bls.gov/lpc/faqs.htm - can be used selectively for assignments by students. http://www.oecd.org/std/productivitystatistics/2352458.pdf World Standard, Interdisciplinary study, useful for cost management, and other relevant areas in Finance. http://www.oecd.org/std/productivitystatistics/40526851.pdf (Productivity and GDP) http://astro.temple.edu/~banker/Accounting/32_Productivity%20Measurement%20and%20Mana gement%20Accounting.pdf Productivity Measurement and Management Accounting http://www.spring.gov.sg/resources/documents/guidebook_productivity_measurement.pdf (Productivity Measurement Guide by Spring Singapore) http://www.netvalence.net/sites/default/files/resources/recom_read/TheChallengeofProductivity Measurement.pdf http://www.nber.org/books/kend80-1 New Developments in Productivity Measurements (National Bureau of Economic Research) http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=1402&lang=en&db=imd b&adm=8&dis=2 CASE OF CANADIAN GOVENRNMENT

http://econ2.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/TotalFactorProd.Diewert.pdf wHY IT IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE Total Factor Productivity? Challenges . http://www.bizfilings.com/toolkit/sbg/office-hr/managing-the-workplace/motivating-workers-forproductivity.aspx Services Sectors INCLUDED HERE.... http://www.apo-tokyo.org/about/measurement.html ADVANCED LEARNINGS http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=Productivity+Measures