Knowledge-Worker Productivity:... ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/media/reader/parsed_document_assets/1077581/ym5KdPuE7kup-rjS1AgxudsZLmzJfgCwh1ds6I1qNHw-cover-1077581.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[CMR]] - Full Title: Knowledge-Worker Productivity:... - Category: #articles - Document Note: 1. What are the key principles of manual-work productivity? 2. What do we already know about knowledge-worker productivity? 3. What is needed to attract and retain the highest producing knowledge workers? Increasing the productivity of knowledge workers is the biggest challenge of 21st century management. Making knowledge workers more productive requires changes in attitude from both the individual and the organization, and involves task definition, autonomy, innovation, learning, quality, and being seen as an asset. Technologists, who combine knowledge and manual work, must be treated as knowledge workers. The countries and industries that have succeeded in the last hundred years are those that have raised the productivity of the manual worker, and so it is likely that the same will be true for knowledge workers. - Document Tags: [[knowledge worker]] - URL: https://read.readwise.io/read/01gqmrx05ebsf74f5c46hwc1nj Full text of this document omitted because this document is a PDF [Download original file →](https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/1077581), Knowledge-Worker Productivity:..., CMR, 01gqmrx05ebsf74f5c46hwc1nj.