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Chicago, IL —
Think you can't work any harder?
Well you may be right.
That's according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Productivity of the American worker in the second quarter of 2010 fell by nearly 2 percent. For the last five quarters that figure had grown.
So how does the bureau determine if Americans are more productive? This MSNB story explains it like this: "Productivity measures how many hours it takes to create the next dollar of economic output. If you made ten widgets yesterday and today you made 11, you've just gotten more productive."
This could be a fun story:
• What could an economics professor or expert tell you about worker productivity and how long it can continue to increase and why it eventually stalls out.
• Is there a management instructor or coach in your community who could talk about what this means for bosses? If you've burned out your employees, what do you do to get them re-focused and producing more again?
• What do workers have to say about this? Are they maxed out? Consider a man-on-the-street talking to those who work, are they burned after three years of picking up the slack from laid-off workers?
• How about a poll on if workers are burned out? How bad do they need the 3-day weekend?
Think you can't work any harder?
Well you may be right.
That's according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Productivity of the American worker in the second quarter of 2010 fell by nearly 2 percent. For the last five quarters that figure had grown.
So how does the bureau determine if Americans are more productive? This MSNB story explains it like this: "Productivity measures how many hours it takes to create the next dollar of economic output. If you made ten widgets yesterday and today you made 11, you've just gotten more productive."
This could be a fun story:
• What could an economics professor or expert tell you about worker productivity and how long it can continue to increase and why it eventually stalls out.
• Is there a management instructor or coach in your community who could talk about what this means for bosses? If you've burned out your employees, what do you do to get them re-focused and producing more again?
• What do workers have to say about this? Are they maxed out? Consider a man-on-the-street talking to those who work, are they burned after three years of picking up the slack from laid-off workers?
• How about a poll on if workers are burned out? How bad do they need the 3-day weekend?
