Question

question 1). productivity measurement has been a problem in most organization. what is your argument to that? (write not more that 1/2 a page)

questions 1b). the workers in your company produced 25, 000GH cedis work of products this month, spending a total of 1,000 man-hours to do it, what is your company's labor productivity?

Answer 1

• Productivity is ratio of outputs( goods and services) produced, divided by one or more inputs, such as (capital, labour, management)
• Major measurement problems in productivity measurement may be

1. Lack of Precise units of measure
2. Quality may not be consistent
3. Exogenous variables may change
4. Many organizations are labour intensive and it is often difficult to automate the devices.

Given that 25,000 GH cedis worth of products we're produced using 1000 man hours.

Therefore, labour productivity. = GHC 25,000 / 1000

=GHC 25 per man hour