Open AccessProductivity Improvement and Corporate Survival: Challenges to Trade Unions
Author(s) -
Stephen Talabi Aroge
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of business administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-4015
pISSN - 1923-4007
DOI - 10.5430/ijba.v2n4p136
Subject(s) - productivity , perception , business , government (linguistics) , shareholder , economics , labour economics , economic growth , finance , corporate governance , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience
The general perception of workers about productivity improvement is that productivity gains benefit the shareholder and management alone. Very few workers believe productivity improvement benefit the employees. This paper identifies the need to change this perception and speculates that when the perception of workers change towards productivity improvement, the management, unions and government will coexist peaceably in the workplace. It also suggests ways by which training can serve as a response to the challenges for productivity improvement in the workplace in particular and the society in general