Efficiency and Nexus to Productivity
Who should we thank for lack of progress and poor health, if it seems to be common to instruct
people to obtrusive irrational activities, or if endeavors to take care of one’s physical health are
disrupted due to e.g. whiffs that cause several hours of pain?
One issue seems to be quite widely accepted; we want to retain the welfare we have achieved
and we wish for better future. The discussion often turns to the role of public services and
whether it is possible to retain the welfare with ever decreasing share of people at work. I think,
it should be self-evident that a small nation with educated people and aging population is more
likely to reach the best result by smartness and ability create the maximum value added per
inhabitant, than by maximizing amount of hours worked. So, the best way forward would be to
rely on advance, automation, new technologies, education, and science.
For years business sector has focused on value adding activities and on getting rid of
unnecessary tasks. So, where comes the idea that an educated nation should be led to perform
activities that produce little or no value? If there are free resources available, why doesn't the
advance then take place?
I think there are few things that one should at least consider:
- Should we concentrate on measures that enable the flexibility in markets instead of those that
stiffen the labor market?
- Should we accept that the traditional employment relationship will not survive and stop
preferring employment relationships over entrepreneurship? I refer also to existing legislation
and related processes.
- Should we concentrate on earning instead of working?
- Should we rely on individuals and their motivation to succeed instead of the culture
punishment and vituperation? Should we rely on the mounting knowledge of all individuals
instead of rules and thoughts of few? Should we try to use the intellectual property we invested
in instead of hindering the utilization of intellectual assets? Should we rely on flat structures and
self-initiation instead of authority?
lähetetty: 19. elokuuta 2016, 11:07
Johanna Sandman
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Efficiency and Nexus to Productivity
Who should we thank for lack of progress and poor
health, if it seems to be common to instruct people
to obtrusive irrational activities, or if endeavors to
take care of one’s physical health are disrupted due
to e.g. whiffs that cause several hours of pain?
One issue seems to be quite widely accepted; we
want to retain the welfare we have achieved and we
wish for better future. The discussion often turns to
the role of public services and whether it is possible
to retain the welfare with ever decreasing share of
people at work. I think, it should be self-evident
that a small nation with educated people and aging
population is more likely to reach the best result by
smartness and ability create the maximum value
added per inhabitant, than by maximizing amount of
hours worked. So, the best way forward would be to
rely on advance, automation, new technologies,
education, and science.
For years business sector has focused on value
adding activities and on getting rid of unnecessary
tasks. So, where comes the idea that an educated
nation should be led to perform activities that
produce little or no value? If there are free
resources available, why doesn't the advance then
take place?
I think there are few things that one should at least
consider:
- Should we concentrate on measures that enable
the flexibility in markets instead of those that stiffen
the labor market?
- Should we accept that the traditional employment
relationship will not survive and stop preferring
employment relationships over entrepreneurship? I
refer also to existing legislation and related
processes.
- Should we concentrate on earning instead of
working?
- Should we rely on individuals and their motivation
to succeed instead of the culture punishment and
vituperation? Should we rely on the mounting
knowledge of all individuals instead of rules and
thoughts of few? Should we try to use the
intellectual property we invested in instead of
hindering the utilization of intellectual assets?
Should we rely on flat structures and self-initiation
instead of authority?
lähetetty: 19. elokuuta 2016, 11:07
Johanna Sandman
