Friday, September 19, 2014

"A Formula for Perfect Productivity"

"Scientists suggests a precise time for mid-afternoon coffee runs.  at times productivity seems like an organized conspiracy to justify laziness".
Looking through cute pictures at work is not a silly procrastination suggests The Hiroshima University according to their latest research and said that improves the motor function on the computer.(Thompson,2014)

Taking long breaks from work and going on vacations does not mean running away from responsibilities. studies have shown that long breaks from office "reboots the cognitive energy" to solve major problems.(Thompson,2014)

Further studies of Chinese call-center employees also shows that "tele-commuting" has improved company performance.(Thompson,2014)

"Many of us have a cultural image of industriousness that includes first-in-last-out workers, all-nighters, and marathon work sessions". Indeed there are people who start work early, leave late and never seems to stop working. However truth about productivity is that more hours doesn't mean better work. our productivity do also reduce return over time as we know we cannot keep continuously running in a race eventually we all need a break.(Thompson,2014)

Whats the perfect length for a break? A research proves that 17 minutes is the perfect length for a break.

A productivity App known as the "Desk time" which tracks the employees computer use looked into study the behavior of the most productive workers. This showed that about 10% of the high performers tend to work for 52 consecutive minutes by taking a break for 17 minutes and those 17 minutes were spent away from the computer by doing exercises, having chat with the coworkers or by taking a walk. however this wasn't the first observational study there were few done previously as well. (Thompson,2014)

The Most productive workers don't always work the longest hours instead they manage their energy by solving tasks efficiently and creatively. Such as Henry Ford after Studying the productivity of his factory which was dropping when the employees work to many hours a day or too many days in a week and later he set up a new rule to work eight hours a day and five days a week and that company became one of the profitable companies in the mid-twentieth century.(Thompson,2014)

Therefore it is more productive to work while taking breaks rather than working long hours consecutively and this t=is one factor that leads to high productivity.

Referencing: Thompson,D.(2014).A Formula for Perfect Productivity: Work for 52 Minutes, Break for 17. The Atlantic. Retrieved September 19,2014 from,http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/09/science-tells-you-how-many-minutes-should-you-take-a-break-for-work-17/380369/

 

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