From productivity to labour efficiency

The current realities of social development indicate the need for optimization of labour processes. Labour is a complex unity of the set of natural, social and economic processes. The knowledge of the forms of labour is a necessary condition for improving the rationality of its assessment. The complexity of understanding of the labour assessment theory consists in the need of system treatment of all categories of its performance. The article describes the evolution of the category of labour as a major category of its performance. However, the dynamics of the modern life poses new challenges of economic science, in particular the need to change the approach to labour assessment, to the study of its efficiency. The category of labour efficiency is identified with practically all known methods of its assessment. Their sequence is the basis of the concept of labour efficiency. Today qualifications and working conditions acquire a particular value in labour assessment, which are of paramount importance to determine the various levels of its performance and productivity. Labour assessment along with the economic content has to take into consideration the psycho-physiological and social indicators. The psycho-physiological aspect of labour efficiency is determined by the influence of the labour process on the human body, which requires a positive work environment. The social aspect assumes a possibility of self-improvement in the labour process, expansion of the production profile, as well as improvement of living. The labour, which provides sufficient pithiness of work, conditions of full development of abilities of the individual, could be considered as effective. Labour efficiency has to consider ecology requirements, the level of institutional development in the society, safety, and many other factors. Thus, from our point of view, labour efficiency could be understood as an integral dynamic indicator of the assessment of changes in the amount of labour performance, quality of work, quality of life for all the involved in the labour processes, and the parties using their results. The assessment of labour efficiency is an extremely complex challenge. The development of a technique of the system accounting for its various aspects is necessary. Any assessment is a subjective phenomenon, therefore, labour could be considered effective if the value of its performance meets expectations.

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