A recent report by the LGAQ found that while improving productivity, efficiency and performance were high priorities for 92% of councils, only 27% were strategic in measuring and setting targets against these goals.
Like past revolutions, this current wave shows capacity to improve productivity and efficiency.
Priddis led Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures in Asia, and its work designing and building a bank without a branch or call centre helped him to realise that while innovation may improve productivity and efficiency, there are massive social issues at play.
And they needed to keep an eye on the bottom line, looking to improve productivity or efficiency, in terms of income divided by number of people, by 10% every year.
Each UIHN is also responsible for coordinating technology evaluation and health intervention methods in order to improve productivity and efficiency on its territory.
Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategy II (GPRS II), which sets the target for Ghana to achieve a per capita income of at least US$1000 by the year 2015, sees S&T as underpinning industrial growth, encouraging the 'adoption of appropriate technologies, both local and foreign, with the capacity to improve productivity and efficiency in the agricultural, industrial and services sectors'.
Operating in a highly competitive business environment with increasing pressure on the labour market, and an aging workforce, employers are becoming aware that they need to implement measures to improve productivity and efficiency, and to invest in the health of their employees.
If constructed and regulated well, such transactions can stimulate water savings, increase water availability, improve productivity and allocation efficiency, and improve accountability for water use.
The concept of workflow is not new, having been used by many organizations, over several years, to improve productivity and increase efficiency.
