文档介绍：How good management improve productivity
Effective management has long been thought to panies more efficient. Here’s proof.
STEPHEN J. DORGAN AND JOHN DOWDY
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2002 Number 4
Governments around the world mitted to raising productivity to improve economic performance. As the research of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) has demonstrated repeatedly over the past decade, productivity at the sector level is driven by the degree to panies are exposed petition. Hence, the argument goes, governments should remove barriers petition, such as excessive regulation, if higher productivity is the goal.
Do managers also have a part to play? It has always been assumed that good management increases productivity, but this proposition has never really been proved. However, a new McKinsey study of the manufacturing sector reveals clear evidence of a link between the two.
Three management techniques have long been thought to improve pany’s performance: lean manufacturing, which minimizes waste; talent management, which attracts and retains high-caliber people; and performance management, which rewards employees who meet set goals. To assess and measure the impact of these management techniques, we interviewed the directors of operations or of manufacturing at panies in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United The interview process was double-bli