Definition: 1. The quality of being productive or having the power to produce. 2. (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time.
Use 'productivity' in a sentence:
1. Big productivity gains resulted.
2. What might be preventing higher productivity growth?
3. People in their comfort zone of temperature are more satisfied with their productivity.
4. Productivity has risen greatly.
5. Inharmonious relationships have an adverse effect on productivity.
6. Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.
7. Although the service sector has grown since the late 1970's, its productivity growth has declined.
8. A cool office will boost employees' productivity.
9. Japan's productivity has overtaken America in some industries, but elsewhere the United States has clung on to its lead.
10. To judge from his productivity, Mozart clearly enjoyed robust good health throughout his twenties.
11. It is worth trying if you are so inclined, but copying the pattern of another person, if it is not fitting for you, will be deleterious to your productivity.
12. In the natural world, increased biodiversity is closely correlated with higher whole-system productivity.
13. If private plans demanded similar productivity savings from providers, and refused to let providers shift additional costs to them, the savings could be much larger.
14. Try to make the hole in a damp area to increase the water catcher's productivity.
15. Information technology has had a significant impact on the productivity of large enterprises.
16. Farmers are introducing innovations which increase the productivity.
17. The average yearly increment in labour productivity in industry was 4.5 per cent.
18. Some began to stop taking bathroom breaks, worried that if their productivity fell they would be fired.
19. Certain irrigation practices degrade soil quality and reduce agricultural productivity.
20. These less-stressed workers gained an average of 62 minutes per week of productivity.
21. Being focused on work throughout the day can maintain consistent productivity.
22. In other parts of the world, increasing agricultural productivity and industrialization went together.
23. The obverse of rising unemployment is continued gains in productivity.
24. They are highly motivated by Danielle Steel's unusual productivity.
25. Everybody understands that improving these bones of our economy can lead to gains in productivity and higher economic growth.
26. In the late of jointing and booting stage rice has highest dry matter productivity.
27. Increased productivity is accompanied by a progressive decrease in production costs.
28. The increase in pay costs was more than offset by higher productivity.
29. In a 2011 study, she investigated the effects of implementing a Results Only Work Environment ( ROWE) on the productivity and well-being of employees at Best Buy's corporate headquarters.
30. It has enabled Americans to be extremely productive, and productivity itself is highly valued in America.
31. While you could work that long, the impact on productivity would make it hardly worthwhile.
32. Take all of your paid time off, which not only gives you recovery periods, but raises your productivity and likelihood of promotion.
33. The neoclassical marginal productivity doctrine freats the factors of production like any commodity.
34. Check the operator's productivity against agreed targets.
35. The average yearly increment in productivity was 4.5 per cent.
36. Among the key factors behind this growth were increased agricultural productivity and an expansion of trade.
37. Science has shown a clear correlation between high stress levels in workers and absenteeism, reduced productivity, disengagement and high turnover.
38. C.E.O.s enjoy incomes that are on average 295 times that of the typical worker, a much higher ratio than in the past, without any evidence of a proportionate increase in productivity.
39. The third-quarter results reflect continued improvements in productivity.
40. His method of obtaining a high level of productivity is demanding.
41. The board of directors pointed to falling productivity to justify their decision.
42. We need to increase productivity.
43. Bishop herself never ceased to find her productivity inadequate.
44. Agricultural productivity remained low by comparison with advanced countries like the United States.
45. Scientific inventions such as these have raised labour productivity by a big margin.
46. The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
47. Europe's railways have also shown marked, albeit smaller, productivity improvements.
48. In the future, pay increases will be related to productivity.
49. Labor productivity is calculated by added value at current price.
50. Wage rates depend on levels of productivity.
51. They have created an environment in which productivity should flourish.
52. The Institute spends a lot of time scratching its head about how to boost American productivity.
