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If innovations of our digital age are largely to blame for decreasing attention spans, don’t they also hold possible solutions?
The government’s plan released by Treasurer Scott Morrison on Thursday, would ensure the fiscal capacity of all states and territories was “at least the equal of NSW or Victoria, whichever is higher”.
There are competing claims over what the optimal office temperature is. Here’s what the research says.
You might think you’ve made your day more efficient – but it can actually affect what you accomplish during your unstructured time.
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has effectively ruled out an interest rate rise until wage growth tops 3%.
Australia loses nearly A$2 billion of GDP every year due to people with cancer leaving the workforce.
Italy has stagnated for more than two decades, yet its politicians seem hardly aware of the source of the problem, let alone how to fix it.
Research shows that corporate wellness programs don’t really work. If companies want to boost employee health they should consider designing the workplace to encourage the right behaviour.
The productivity gains businesses get some automating some jobs, aren’t being passed on to workers in higher wages, evidence shows.
Research shows that coaching employees makes them feel valued and empowered, and builds better relationships with management.
There are different measures of productivity and the nature of the UK’s problem depends on which one we are looking at.
Academics argue that increasing amounts of R&D isn’t translating into greater productivity. But the problem may lay elsewhere in the economy.
Worries about the loss of low-skilled labour risk obscuring a genuine flaw in the UK economy at the upper end of the scale.
Listening to your favourite album might not be the best idea if you’ve got something to do.
The development of robots’ capacities and their increasing presence in companies isn’t just a matter of technology. It also profoundly changes the strategies, structures and human skills required.
The Productivity Commission has released a mammoth report summarising several years worth of reccomendations.
Australia is increasingly a services-led economy. The health sector is not only a big employer, but health care is an important factor in worker productivity.
Workers are more productive than ever and earning the same amount. So shouldn’t they be working less?
Employees increasingly want jobs that they care about and find fulfilling. Buddhism can help companies make this a reality.
Top contributors
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professsor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Professor, Strategy, Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Johannesburg
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Academic Director, Murdoch University
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Professor, Monash University
