stuDy rEsults wErE rElEAsED toDAy For A thrEE-yEAr stuDy ConDuCtED By thE univErsity oF lonDon looking At workplACE EFFiCiEnCy. thE mAssivE stuDy inCluDED intErviEws involving ApproximAtEly 1,500 pArtiCipAnts throughoutEuropE AnD northAmEriC
A、sCiEntists lEADing thE stuDy ArE rEporting thAt thEir rEsults inDiCAtE thAt CompAniEs Employing FlExiBlE sChEDuling hAvE A hugE ADvAntAgE ovEr thEir CompEtitors in proDuCtivity AnD EFFiCiEnCy.
ABout hAlF oF thE EmployEEs in thE stuDy workED For EmployErs thAt rEquirED thEm to work A sEt sChEDulE. thEsE EmployEEs usED only 42 pErCEnt oF thEir working hours to ACtuAlly proDuCE work For thEir CompAniEs. on thE othEr hAnD, workErs At CompAniEs thAt AllowED thEm to ChoosE thEir own working hours usED ABout 80 pErCEnt oF thEir timE in thE oFFiCE proDuCtivEly, An inCrEAsE oF Almost 100 pErCEnt. thE stuDy Also showED thAt workErs who wErE FrEE to DECiDE thEir own sChEDulEs workED no FEwEr hours ovErAll thAn thEir CountErpArts.
mEmorAnDum
to: rogEr goss, pErsonnEl mAnAgEr
From: pAttyBrown, viCE prEsiDEnt
rE:An intErEsting ArtiClE
hi rogEr,
i just rEAD this ArtiClE inBusinEss worlD mAgAzinE ABout A stuDy on EFFiCiEnCy. i thought it might BE worthwhilE to DisCuss thE DAtA prEsEntED in thE ArtiClE During our upComing strAtEgy mEEting.
it sEEms to mE thAt this systEm oF EmployEEs Choosing thEir own hours woulD not BE too DiFFiCult to ADopt hErE. it mAy hElp us with somE oF thE proDuCtivity issuEs wE’vE BEEn hAving. it woulD Also proBABly BE vEry populAr with thE EmployEEs. FinAlly, it CoulD rEAlly hElp us to sAvE monEy. sinCE our rEvEnuEs ArEn’t likEly to inCrEAsE this yEAr, this CoulD givE us A proFit Boost.
plEAsE rEAD thE ArtiClE AnD lEt mE know whAt you think prior to thE mEEting.
thAnks!
pAtty
ABout how muCh morE proDuCtivE ArE EmployEEs with FlExiBlE sChEDulEs
A、80% morE proDuCtivE
B．twiCE As proDuCtivE
C．42% morE proDuCtivE
D．100 timEs As proDuCtivE