Ministry of Industries,
Shilpa Bhaban (1st Floor), 91, Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Phone: (880-2)
9562883
Fax: (880-2) 9563553 (Attn. NPO)
E-mail: dir.npo@bttb.net.bd
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The National Productivity Organisation (NPO) of Bangladesh
is a government institution. It was originally set up
as the National Centre for Monitoring Labour Productivity
in 1983 in the Ministry of Labour and Manpower. In 1987
it was renamed the Bangladesh Productivity Centre with
a wider scope of activities for promotion of productivity.
In keeping with the new progressive industrial policy
announced by the government in 1989, the Bangladesh
Productivity Centre was then placed in the Ministry
of Industries as the National Productivity Organisation
(NPO) to act as a catalyst and focal point for promotion
of productivity in the country.
The NPO has a multidimensional National Productivity
Council (NPC) which is the highest-level body for productivity
in the country to provide national productivity policy,
planning, and programs. The minister in charge of the
Ministry of Industries is the chairman of the council.
There are 36 members in the council. Nine secretaries
of various key ministries, presidents of different chambers,
presidents/secretaries of different workers' federations
as well as representatives of educational, professional,
and research institutions comprise the members of the
council.
ACTIVITIES
The activities of the NPO are as follows:
- Conducting regular training courses on different
issues of productivity for management personnel and
trade union officials.
- Organizing seminars, workshops, and discussion meetings
for management and worker groups on productivity issues
in the manufacturing and service sectors.
- Collecting and compiling productivity-related information
from primary sources through field staff and storing
it in centralized databanks for dissemination.
- Rendering guidance and process consultancy services
to persons and enterprises for improvement of productivity.
- Conducting inter-firm comparisons and business clinics
for managers in public and private enterprises to
enable them to compare their productivity performance
and benefit from each other's experience.
- Encouraging and assisting enterprises with composition,
function, and operational methodology for formation
of Productivity Improvement Cells (PIC).
- Undertaking studies and preparing reports on labor
productivity in the enterprises of jute, textile,
chemical, sugar, engineering, small and cottage industries,
and service sector.
- Producing and distributing publicity materials,
such as posters, leaflets, and brochures to carry
forward productivity-awareness campaigns.
- Maintaining liaison with numerous groups and associations,
including manufacturer associations, employer associations,
worker unions, chambers of commerce and industry,
the Consultative Committee on Labour Management Relations,
research organizations, economist associations, engineering
institutions, teacher associations, doctor and nurse
associations, institutions of higher learning, management
development institutes, industrial relations institutes,
technical and vocational training institutions, and
other relevant government and international agencies.
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