Productivity Improvement: Employee Involvement and Gainsharing Plans

Addressing the important question of the productivity of human resources, this book presents a program called SHRED COST (SHaring REDuctions in COST) - a unique parallel organizational structure which incorporates employee involvement processes and financial rewards to create a climate for continuing productivity improvement applicable to most types of organizations, whether they be manufacturing, service or government. SHRED COST provides a structure for efficient utilization of group activities in executing productivity improvements and simultaneously improves the quality of worklife elements as well as a wide range of company performance factors. An important feature of the process is that it involves the entire workforce. The book is the culmination of several years of research by the author coupled with his experience gained from industrial applications. It is written primarily for professional practitioners in industry - managers, department heads, etc., and management consultants. It will also have a strong appeal for lecturers and students in university departments such as industrial engineering, human resources, management and business administration, industrial and work sociology, and labor relations.