Microcomputer Selection & Implementation Cycle for Agency Personal Productivity

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
Rebecca McCann
Keyword(s):  
Personal Productivity

A case of personal productivity: Illustrating methodological developments in TOC

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-65
Author(s):  
James F. Cox ◽  
Victoria J. Mabin ◽  
John Davies
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solution ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Thinking Processes ◽  
Personal Productivity ◽  
Current Reality

This paper provides a constructive illustration of ongoing methodological developments in the use of TOC Thinking Processes and logic tools. In particular, the paper outlines a new approach to using the Evaporating Cloud, Current Reality Branch and Future Reality Branch, and demonstrates how that approach can be used to construct a comprehensive problem solution to a common problem, that of personal productivity.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY DUE TO THE ATTACKS OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019: USING PARTIAL LEAST STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
SHEKH ABDULLAH-AL-MUSA AHMED ◽  
NIK ZULKARNAEN BIN KHIDZIR ◽  
SHIRIN AFROZ
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Influence Factor ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Personal Productivity ◽  
The Impact

Global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei Province, and has since spread globally, resulting in the ongoing 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic that has an impact which would be disturbed the personal productivity in the community. The dependent variable which is threat of COVID-19 (Thr_Cov-19), vulnerability of COVID-19 (Vul_Cov-19), and the unexpected change in society factors and one independent variable that is personal disturbance factors is used in this paper. Moreover, using as an indicator which will determine disturbance of personal productivity (D_PP) in the society. Since multiple regression by partial least square-structural equation modeling is used to examined of data by following unstructured method. Moreover, the resulting point out three dependent variables significantly influences on the independent variable of personal productivity in the society. As a matter of fact, this study concludes the foremost influence factor on D_PP in society due to COVID-19 risk factors such as Thr_Cov-19, Vul_Cov-19, and unexpected changed in the society factors. This study contributes to introductory study but vibrant understanding in stimulating the prediction of personal productivity in the society due to the COVID-19 attacks.

scholarly journals Managing Information Systems Textbooks: Assessing their Orientation toward Potential General Managers

10.28945/3314 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Rosenthal ◽  
L Jane Park
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Business Majors ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
General Managers ◽  
Modern Enterprise ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Enterprise Applications ◽  
Personal Productivity

This paper is an assessment of the topical coverage of current Managing Information Systems (MIS) textbooks. The MIS course is normally required of all undergraduate and graduate business majors , and therefore is their primary education in the use of IS/IT in the modern technology-oriented organization. However, the MIS textbooks researched do not attempt IS/IT management fluency. They do not even fully answer the questions normally asked by management and users during the justification and implementation of modern technology-oriented enterprise applications. The primary author has been teaching IS/IT courses for IS professionals and for users and managers for almost fifty tears. What has changed since that time? Not as much as should have happened in the education of line and staff personnel who work in organizations with critically important IS/IT enterprise applications. Early courses for users and managers were remarkably similar to our current MIS courses. This paper, therefore, suggests a significant change in content of MIS texts from primarily encompassing technology sections covering personal productivity applications, systems development methods, and infrastructure to presenting much more detail on user and management topics including modern enterprise level applications (e.g. transaction processing systems), privacy and security, feasibility studies, and the justification of IS/IT systems.

Productivity drivers of knowledge workers in the central London office environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Chadburn ◽  
Judy Smith ◽  
Joshua Milan
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Office Environment ◽  
Individual Preferences ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Office Space ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
Personal Productivity

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the drivers that allow for enhanced personal productivity of knowledge-based workers in Central London focusing on the physical and social environment as well as worker’s individual preferences. Design/methodology/approach A closed-ended questionnaire was sent to employees of eight professional companies (Consultancy, Financial and Media Services) based in Central London. Of the 500 questionnaires sent, 213 were successfully completed and returned, representing a response rate of 42.6 per cent. Findings The findings from this trial study show that comfort, convenience, IT connectivity, good design and working to a specific time scale were strong drivers of personal productivity. Knowledge workers prefer a flexible range of office settings that enable both a stimulating open and connected work environment, knowledge sharing, collaboration, as well as quiet concentration locations, free of distractions and noise. It was also found that moves of knowledge workers into open-plan office space (and especially fee earners) is normally met with initial resistance. However, there is normally greater acceptance of open space after experiencing an actual move into open-plan, with benefits improving teamwork and communication being highlighted. The research also stresses that office design considerations need to be closer aligned with knowledge worker’s overall well-being and individual psychological needs. Research limitations/implications Limited to Central London offices and self-assessed evaluation of productivity drivers within the knowledge worker’s office environment. Practical implications Corporate real estate managers and office occupiers, designers and facilities managers can use the findings as part of their workplace strategy by providing a range of flexible workplaces that allow the knowledge worker a place for greater personal productivity through the provision of a well-designed collaborative office environment alongside private and quiet working spaces. Developers and landlords should also be aware of these requirements when taking their decisions. Originality/value This paper focuses specifically on the high-productivity knowledge-based work environment, demonstrating that there is a need to consider the collaborative physical and social environment and the individual preferences of knowledge workers to ensure enhanced personal productivity and well-being within the office. This can be achieved through the provision of a well-designed office space that allows for open, connected and comfortable work environments, as well as opportunities to use dedicated concentration spaces that are free of distraction. It was also shown that hot-desking was unanimously disliked by knowledge workers.

Malibu personal productivity assistant

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Geyer ◽  
Beth Brownholtz ◽  
Michael Muller ◽  
Casey Dugan ◽  
Eric Wilcox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personal Productivity

Using AppleWorks to Improve Personal Productivity

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-70
Author(s):  
A. Edward Blackhurst
Keyword(s):  
Personal Productivity

RESPONSE — REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC OBJECT MODEL FOR WORKGROUP COMPUTING

1994 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 293-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
IGOR HAWRYSZKIEWYCZ ◽  
DIMITRIS KARAGIANNIS ◽  
LESZEK MACIASZEK ◽  
BERND TEUFEL
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Work ◽  
Multimedia Database ◽  
Object Model ◽  
Communication Techniques ◽  
Business Efficiency ◽  
Specific Object ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Personal Productivity ◽  
The Way

Assisted by the client-server architectures, power of contemporary workstations, and new multimedia, database and communication techniques, the workgroup computing (perhaps better known as CSCW — Computer-Supported Cooperative Work) is bound to change the way people in organizations collaborate to achieve common goals. New computer technologies change the way the cooperative work is conducted and they frequently lead to new practices that increase inter-personal productivity and business efficiency. This article defines a conceptual and technological framework for a class of workgroup computing applications characterized by an asynchronous distributed interaction (different-time/different-place) during the development of shared artifacts. The proposed object model is called RESPONSE (REquirements SPecific Object Network System Environment). The model is "requirements specific" as it aims specifically at one, albeit dominant, class of workgroup applications. A particular workgroup application, chosen as representative of our model and used in examples, is the co-authoring of documents. The proposed model determines functions and support required from hardware/ software platforms for workgroup computing. The object database component of such a platform is emphasized. A distributed management of versioned objects using four levels of workspaces is proposed. The model supports long transactions with persistent locks, checkout/checkin of versioned and unversioned objects, social and technical protocols to enhance the cooperation between users, etc. The workgroup interface for the RESPONSE model is also addressed.

scholarly journals Estimating the productivity of radiologists in Brazil: the search for a benchmark

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Elisa Almeida Sathler Bretas ◽  
Ruy Moraes Machado Guimarães ◽  
André Yui Aihara ◽  
Hilton Muniz Leão Filho ◽  
Rubens Chojniak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Prevalence Ratio ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Practice Characteristics ◽  
Individual Productivity ◽  
Personal Productivity

Abstract Objective: To determine the average productivity of radiologists, as measured by number of reports issued per 6-h shift, evaluating variables that could affect the results. Materials and Methods: This was a study utilizing an online questionnaire sent to radiologists affiliated with the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging. The questions were related to the demographic profile and professional practice characteristics (form of remuneration, primary imaging method employed, and subspecialty) of the radiologists, as well as their individual productivity (average personal productivity) and the productivity considered reasonable in a 6-h shift. The association between productivity and the practice characteristics of the radiologists was determined by using Poisson regression to calculate the prevalence ratio. Results: A total of 510 radiologists completed the questionnaire. The great majority of the respondents (84%) reported that their remuneration is directly related to their productivity. The productivity varied according to the subspecialty, work environment, and remuneration model. Conclusion: We demonstrated that the productivity of radiologists is associated with the characteristics of their employment. We hope that this study will encourage other studies aimed at evaluating the productive capacity of the radiologists in Brazil, addressing the various functions they perform in their daily routine, including activities other than issuing reports.

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