So, is it important?

Citation

(2007), "So, is it important?", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 56 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2007.07956bab.004

So, is it important?

We consider productivity to be an important factor underpinning economic growth. However, not all seem to share this view.

In a recent study of ten countries by Jamaica Promotions Ltd. (JAMPRO) on the apparel industry, they show the true extent (or lack of!) of discussion and debate on productivity issues. The reports states:

Despite the rhetoric about productivity, the country has not [been] captivated [by] the concept through measurement and procedures. Official statistics and publications, private and public, do not feature it. Hence, there is no imbibing of it by the general community, no utilisation in policy pronouncements, no inclusion of it in training and education programmes and no reference to it in organisation and industry planning.