Tourism provides abundant opportunities for employment, investment, infrastructure, and cultural exchanges. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism accounted for 7% of global trade and more than USD1.4 trillion of expenditure that created jobs and momentum for socioeconomic development. However, tourism often comes at the cost of environmental pollution, commercialization of local cultural activities, biased and insecure […]
Gainsharing is an organization-wide performance-based pay system whereby both workers and management receive increased benefits as a result of improved productivity. This practice is common in the manufacturing sector. However, its application in the agriculture and agribusiness sectors of APO members still needs encouragement. Other than cooperative gainsharing models in the Republic of China, Japan, […]
In 2018, the APO introduced the Accreditation Program to enable National Productivity Organizations (NPOs) to be certification bodies (CBs) on productivity specialist-related schemes. In 2021, the NPOs of Malaysia and Vietnam successfully completed their preparations and became the first batch of APO-accredited CBs. The NPOs of India, I.R. Iran, Mongolia, Pakistan, and the Turkish Management […]
Dr. Mazrina Mohamed Ibramsah, Deputy Director General of the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC), discusses the importance of digital technology for productivity and the role of the MPC in leading the productivity movement in Malaysia toward digitalization, including its related initiatives and activities. Please click here to watch. Subscribe to our APO YouTube channel for more […]
This special webinar, taking place on November 8th at 17:00 JST, marks the launch of the latest joint APO-OECD report: "Identifying the main drivers of productivity growth: A literature review". Join us for discussions on the expected impacts of COVID-19 on productivity and to understand what drives productivity growth in our economies. Register here to […]
