ABSTRACT
Productivity is of major importance to the development of a country or a section of the economy. The productivity is linked to societal systems. It has not been so many years ago that our economy was 70% agricultural and the output could be measured in bales of cotton or bushels of wheat. Productivity is related to a variety of parameters depending upon the worker, his environment, the management atmosphere, and the technology available. At the same time there are forces at work which lead to decreased productivity. The major elements of counterproductivity can be summed up in a few words: lack of interest of management, lack of innovation, poor implementation of plans and short-term ideas and improvements. Productivity is rooted in the policy of governments. Once a policy has been adopted and implemented some form of evaluation must be used to determine if the conditions of the policy are being met.
