May 24, 1878 Oakland, California January 2 , 1972Phoenix, Arizona Lillian Evelyn Gilbreth, née Lillian Evelyn Moller (born May 24 , 1878 Oakland, California, U.S. died January 2 , 1972 Phoenix, Arizona) American psychologist and engineer who, with her husband, Frank Bunker Gilbreth, developed methods to increase the efficiency of industrial employees, most notably time-and-motion study.
Blank and Valdmanis [6] used a variable to describe the efficiency of hospitals: employees and administrators, nurses, medical staff, other staff.
Occupational stress is a debate topic for many specialists interested in optimizing the efficiency of the employees working in different fields.
He notes, for example, that more than 20 years ago the board began "benchmarking" Pemex's refineries against international peers, but they have remained at the bottom of the league even as parts of Mexico's manufacturing industry have become models of efficiency.With 151,000 employees, Pemex's output of oil per worker is well short of that of its foreign counterparts (see chart).
Although the federal government mostly moves money around, states and localities have lots of employees and direct operations, so greater efficiency really can go a long way.
Though many bank employees appreciate the efficiency of that updated method — harried traders sometimes claim they do not even have time to use the restroom — some longtime employees see it as an affront.
Productivity, a gauge of employee efficiency, advanced at an annual rate of 1.8percentt after a revised 0.7percentt gain in the previous three months, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
"The oceanarium's engineers are developing new instruments for new applications to boost the operational efficiency of the dolphins underwater," an anonymous employee of the Sevastopol aquarium told Russian media outlet RIA Novosti in March.
While putting the responsibility of asset management into the hands of employees (along with, of course, a system of checks and balances) may well prove to enhance efficiency and trust among those employees, it is risky.
