1 Nabil R. Adam and Ali Dogramaci Measuring, analyzing, and improving productivity in a given organization is a complex process that involves the contributions of economists, industrial engineers, operations researchers, management scientists, and lawyers. The objective of this book is to provide the reader with a sample of original papers that relate to these productivity topics at the organizational level. In the book, the word organization refers to business firms and municipal organizations. The hook is divided into three parts: perspectives on productivity mea surement, a range of studies at the micro level, and some productivity issues in public organizations. Part I, which consists of three chapters, deals with productivity measurement. The first two chapters of this part cover a broad framework of measurement concepts and techniques; the last chapter, on the other hand, provides the reader with an example of productivity measurement for a specific industry (in this case, food retail ing). Thus, a spectrum of productivity measurement issues is covered in this part of the book.

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- I Perpspective on Productivity Measurement.- 2 Productivity Measurement at the Firm Level: A Brief Survey.- 3 Measurement of Productivity: Some Open Issues.- 4 Productivity Measurement at the Level of the Firm: An Application within Food Retailing.- II A Range of Studies at the micro level.- 5 A Modeling Approach to Productivity Deals.- 6 Personnel Assignment with a Budget Constraint.- 7 Experimental Design for Comparing the Productivity of Traditional and Innovative Work Organizations.- 8 Market Structure, Technological Development, and Productivity: Some Empirical Evidence.- 9 Labor Productivity in Large and Small Firms.- III Some Productivity Issues in Public Organizations.- 10 Improving Public Sector Productivity through Competition.- 11 Public Sector Productivity and Collective Bargaining: The Case of New York City.- Name Index.