Since the Industrial Revolution and the Fordist era, Americans have operated under the motto of increasing productivity maximum as a measure of efficiency in the use of factors such as capital and labor. The slogan is: produce to the maximum, with the highest possible quality, at the lowest cost, and paying the highest possible salaries.” However, what we see in Brazil is a very different scenario.”.
According to research by IPEA, the Institute of Applied Economic Research, conducted in 2012, productivity in Brazil has not grown for 30 years. On the contrary, in the 80s and 90s, it fell instead of growing. From the 2000s onwards, productivity grew 0.9% due to high international demand for our products and the incorporation of millions of people into the labor market. However, this growth does not seem sustainable going forward. According to a study by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company this year, productivity has had a negative effect on Brazilian growth over the last two decades.
To continue growing, Brazil will need to work hard and overcome the symptom of unproductivity in every organization, be it public, private, or non-profit.
Comparing values, according to McKinsey & Company, a Brazilian worker generates 5 dollars per hour, while an American worker generates 35 dollars in the same period. This difference is felt in daily life, as the US invests six times more than Brazil in infrastructure. The difference is also felt in our pockets, as the per capita income of Americans is five times higher than ours.
But that doesn't mean we don't work hard. According to the International Labour Organization, Brazilians work more hours per day than most rich countries. The issue really lies in the quality of the hours worked. For example, in Germany, the average weekly working hours are 38 hours (in Brazil, 44 hours). But the increasing productivity The Germans' is among the highest in the world, which gives them 40 working days of vacation per year, among other labor benefits.
One of the major villains of work efficiency is the lack of process and results management. According to a survey by EXAME with 113 of the country's largest companies, only half of them invested in process management and improvements in the last 12 months.
With the mission to increase competitiveness customers, Stratec created a product portfolio to help managers increase their business results. “We have several modules, and each has a function to fulfill in this mission of increasing competitiveness”comments Guilherme Barbassa, the company's director.
Actio’s GE software, for example, aims to increase management effectiveness and reduce the cost of controlling and aligning people around the strategy. Furthermore, it aligns resources with the organization's global objectives, ensuring its competitive position.
The Benchmarking system, in turn, provides performance parameters that serve to guide the company's organizational goals, from operational to organizational levels. This allows for a better visualization of where action is needed to improve the company's efficiency and what critical points are reducing productivity.
The system Individual Performance it is used to manage the participation and results program, reducing the operational work of the human resources department and providing more transparency and credibility to the program. This reduces the amount of manpower needed for management methodologies to work in companies. With less overworked people and automated processes, the company's efficiency grows.
“The use of these tools provides a double gain as they reduce operational work and assist in the functioning of the methodology,” Guilherme states.
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Source:
http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/economia/produtividade-baixa-impede-que-brasil-cresca-mais
http://exame.abril.com.br/revista-exame/edicoes/1025/noticias/agora-vem-a-parte-mais-dificil
