6 research outputs found
The Role of Management Practices in Closing the Productivity Gap
There is no doubt that management practices are linked to the productivity
and performance of a company. However, research findings are mixed. This paper
provides a multi-disciplinary review of the current evidence of such a
relationship and offers suggestions for further exploration. We provide an
extensive review of the literature in terms of research findings from studies
that have been trying to measure and understand the impact that individual
management practices and clusters of management practices have on productivity
at different levels of analysis. We focus our review on Operations Management
(om) and Human Resource Management (hrm) practices as well as joint
applications of these practices. In conclusion, we can say that taken as a
whole, the research findings are equivocal. Some studies have found a positive
relationship between the adoption of management practices and productivity,
some negative and some no association whatsoever. We believe that the lack of
universal consensus on the effect of the adoption of complementary management
practices might be driven either by measurement issues or by the level of
analysis. Consequently, there is a need for further research. In particular,
for a multi-level approach from the lowest possible level of aggregation up to
the firm-level of analysis in order to assess the impact of management
practices upon the productivity of firms
Enhancing productivity: the role of management practices
There is no doubt that management practices are linked to the productivity and performance of a company. However, research findings are mixed. This paper provides a multi-disciplinary review of the current evidence of such a relationship and offers suggestions for further exploration. We provide an extensive review of the literature in terms of research findings from studies that have been trying to measure and understand the impact that individual management practices and clusters of management practices have on productivity at different levels of analysis. We focus our review on Operations Management (OM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) practices as well as joint applications of these practices. In conclusion, we can say that taken as a whole, the research findings are equivocal. Some studies have found a positive relationship between the adoption of management practices and productivity, some negative and some no association whatsoever. We believe that the lack of universal consensus on the effect of the adoption of complementary management practices might be driven either by measurement issues or by the level of analysis. Consequently, there is a need for further research. In particular, for a multi-level approach from the lowest possible level of aggregation up to the firm-level of analysis in order to assess the impact of management practices upon the productivity of firms
Enhancing productivity: the role of management practices
There is no doubt that management practices are linked to the productivity and performance of a company. However, research findings are mixed. This paper provides a multi-disciplinary review of the current evidence of such a relationship and offers suggestions for further exploration. We provide an extensive review of the literature in terms of research findings from studies that have been trying to measure and understand the impact that individual management practices and clusters of management practices have on productivity at different levels of analysis. We focus our review on Operations Management (OM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) practices as well as joint applications of these practices. In conclusion, we can say that taken as a whole, the research findings are equivocal. Some studies have found a positive relationship between the adoption of management practices and productivity, some negative and some no association whatsoever. We believe that the lack of universal consensus on the effect of the adoption of complementary management practices might be driven either by measurement issues or by the level of analysis. Consequently, there is a need for further research. In particular, for a multi-level approach from the lowest possible level of aggregation up to the firm-level of analysis in order to assess the impact of management practices upon the productivity of firms
The role of management practices in closing the productivity gap
There is no doubt that management practices are linked to the productivity and performance of a company. However, research findings are mixed. This paper provides a multi-disciplinary review of the current evidence of such a relationship and offers suggestions for further exploration. We provide an extensive review of the literature in terms of research findings from studies that have been trying to measure and understand the impact that individual management practices and clusters of managementpractices have on productivity at different levels of analysis. We focus our review on OperationsManagement (OM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) practices as well as joint applications ofthese practices. In conclusion, we can say that taken as a whole, the research findings are equivocal. Somestudies have found a positive relationship between the adoption of management practices andproductivity, some negative and some no association whatsoever. We believe that the lack of universalconsensus on the effect of the adoption of complementary management practices might be driven eitherby measurement issues or by the level of analysis. Consequently, there is a need for further research. Inparticular, for a multi-level approach from the lowest possible level of aggregation up to the firm-level ofanalysis in order to assess the impact of management practices upon the productivity of firms
The role of management practices in closing the productivity gap
There is no doubt that management practices are linked to the productivity and performance of a company. However, research findings are mixed. This paper provides a multi-disciplinary review of the current evidence of such a relationship and offers suggestions for further exploration. We provide an extensive review of the literature in terms of research findings from studies that have been trying to measure and understand the impact that individual management practices and clusters of management
practices have on productivity at different levels of analysis. We focus our review on Operations
Management (OM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) practices as well as joint applications of
these practices. In conclusion, we can say that taken as a whole, the research findings are equivocal. Some
studies have found a positive relationship between the adoption of management practices and
productivity, some negative and some no association whatsoever. We believe that the lack of universal
consensus on the effect of the adoption of complementary management practices might be driven either
by measurement issues or by the level of analysis. Consequently, there is a need for further research. In
particular, for a multi-level approach from the lowest possible level of aggregation up to the firm-level of
analysis in order to assess the impact of management practices upon the productivity of firms
The role of management practices in closing the productivity gap
There is no doubt that management practices are linked to the productivity and performance of a company. However, research findings are mixed. This paper provides a multi-disciplinary review of the current evidence of such a relationship and offers suggestions for further exploration. We provide an extensive review of the literature in terms of research findings from studies that have been trying to measure and understand the impact that individual management practices and clusters of management
practices have on productivity at different levels of analysis. We focus our review on Operations
Management (OM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) practices as well as joint applications of
these practices. In conclusion, we can say that taken as a whole, the research findings are equivocal. Some
studies have found a positive relationship between the adoption of management practices and
productivity, some negative and some no association whatsoever. We believe that the lack of universal
consensus on the effect of the adoption of complementary management practices might be driven either
by measurement issues or by the level of analysis. Consequently, there is a need for further research. In
particular, for a multi-level approach from the lowest possible level of aggregation up to the firm-level of
analysis in order to assess the impact of management practices upon the productivity of firms