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The measurement of productivity in the construction industry
Productivity in the use of resource inputs is of critical importance to the construction industry. This paper is intended to discuss the relative merits of the most commonly used measures of productivity for the purpose of assessing the productive and allocative efficiency of construction in the 1980s. The paper concludes that the total factor productivity method is the ideal against which the other approaches should be judged. Both average labour productivity and average capital productivity suffer from serious problems in assessing the efficiency of contracting operations. However, under certain circumstances, either can provide an adequate alternative measure. Of the two main single-factor measures of productivity, capital productivity appears to be superior in most aspects to average labour productivity as a means of assessing the overall financial management of a construction firm. Notwithstanding the problems associated in contracting activities and also the difficulties inherent in obtaining suitable data, capital productivity is recommended for most circumstances when total-factor productivity measures cannot be applied.
The measurement of productivity in the construction industry
Productivity in the use of resource inputs is of critical importance to the construction industry. This paper is intended to discuss the relative merits of the most commonly used measures of productivity for the purpose of assessing the productive and allocative efficiency of construction in the 1980s. The paper concludes that the total factor productivity method is the ideal against which the other approaches should be judged. Both average labour productivity and average capital productivity suffer from serious problems in assessing the efficiency of contracting operations. However, under certain circumstances, either can provide an adequate alternative measure. Of the two main single-factor measures of productivity, capital productivity appears to be superior in most aspects to average labour productivity as a means of assessing the overall financial management of a construction firm. Notwithstanding the problems associated in contracting activities and also the difficulties inherent in obtaining suitable data, capital productivity is recommended for most circumstances when total-factor productivity measures cannot be applied.
The measurement of productivity in the construction industry
Lowe, John G. (author)
Construction Management and Economics ; 5 ; 101-113
1987-01-01
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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