Productivity of Construction Professionals

Abstract

Productivity of employees is a major concern in all organizations. The optimization of the production of the total organization can be achieved through the coordinated improvement of the performance of the individual employees. For many years the productivity of blue collar workers in the construction industry has been studied and evaluated. However, several studies have revealed that poor management was the cause for poor worker productivity. This indicates that attention is also needed to improve the productivity of professional employees in construction organizations. Organizational psychologists have discovered that there are two basic categories of factors which motivate employee performance: “financial” and “non‐financial” motivators. Many feel that the two most significant factors are salary and recognition. They also point out that improved or high performance must be rewarded, or it will soon digress. In order to reward good performance in an organization, there must be a uniform system to evaluate the performance of the employees. The objective of this paper is to discuss the improvement of the productivity of professional construction employees, the appraisal of employee performance, and the review of performance appraisal with employees.