Productivity Engg & Management By Engr Dr. Ali Sajid Special Presentation for

1. Productivity Engg & Management By Engr Dr. Ali Sajid Special Presentation for Pakistan Engineering Council Leadership & Management Development Associates (LMDA) 28 Jan, 2009 alisajid61@yahoo.com Tel: 051-2211791(off)

2. LMDA A vision to make Pakistani Industry More Competitive By Enhancing capacity of Engineers www.Lmda.com.pk

3. "Don't curse the darkness -- light a candle." Chinese proverb. Shakwa a Zulmat Shab

4. “The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potentials are the keys to unlock the doors to the personal excellence”Confucius

5. Commencement address by Sir Winston Churchill at a graduation ceremony:"Never give up. Never give up. Never, never, never." - this was his entire speech.

6. Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people." (John D Rockerfeller, 1839-1937, US oil magnate and philanthropist. Good Mgmt

7. "Difficulty is not an obstacle, it is merely an attribute". Difficulty

8. "The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones." Stone Age

9. Start viewing the probable as possible. You'll be surprised at what you can accomplish.

10. All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. - John F. Kennedy

11. The best & most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

12. Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.- Wayne Dyer

13. The greatest discovery of our generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.- William James

14. Nature present us with an infinite variety of Attitudes - from gloomy mist to glorious sunshine. Our own moods, whether gloomy or bright, radiate to those around us.

15. We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.- George Hegel

16. Two Parts of Empathy: Skill (tip of iceberg) & Attitude (mass of the iceberg).

17. Eighty percent of success is related to ATTITUDE rather than competency.

18. Your attitude determines your altitude. Attitude

19. Pride is a personal commitment; it is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.

20. Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

21. Logic will not change an emotion, but action will. Action

22. The difference between a successful person and others is not a “Lack of Strength”, not a “Lack of Knowledge”, but rather in a “Lack of Will”.

23. The mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.- Francis Bacon

24. We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Passion

25. If you do not believe in yourself ... chances are nobody else will. Believe

26. You can have a positive attitude without talent and you can have talent without a positive attitude, but things really start happening when you have a positive attitude combined with talent.

27. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.- Benjamin Disraeli

28. Leaders Are …in a Hurry

29. Whatever is flexible ….will grow; what ever is rigid & blocked will die Lao Tzu Flexibility

30. “Goodness is the Only Investment that Never Fails” Henry David Goodness

31. "I Praise Loudly. Blame Softly." (Catherine The Great, 1729-1796.) Proj Mgmt Good Practices

32. “Nothing can stop man with “Right Mental Attitude” from achieving his goals: Nothing on earth can help man with “Wrong Mental Attitude” - Thomas Jefferson Attitude in Projects

33. In law, a man is guilty when he violates the right of another. In Ethics, he is guilty, if only he thinks of doing so Immanuel Kant Importance of Ethics in Org

34. I look for three things in hiring People. The first is Personal Integrity, Second is Intelligence Third is a High Energy Level. But if you don’t have the first, other two will kill you. Warren Buffett, CEO Berkshire Hathaway Personal Integrity in Org

35. The complacent company is a dead company. Success today requires “The Agility & “Drive to Constantly Rethink, Reinvigorate, React, & Reinvent”. Bill Gates, Chairman Microsoft Rethinking in Industry

36. Never to suffer would never to have been blessed. Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) 36

37. Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) 37

38. To do right is wonderful. To Teach others to “Do the Right” is even more wonderful – & much easier.- Mark Twain 38

39. “Self-pity is our Worst enemy & if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world” - Helen Keller 39

40. “Setting An Example” is not the “Main Means of Influencing” Others, it is “the only means”.- Albert Einstein 40

41. "A person who graduated, yesterday & stops studying today is uneducated tomorrow." Education & Training in PM

42. Ability to get customers to choose your product or service over competing alternatives on sustainable basis. Competitiveness

43. Competitiveness- “Degree to which a country can, under free & fair market conditions, produce goods & services which meet the test of intl’ markets, while simultaneously maintaining & expanding the real incomes of its people over the long-term“. OECD

44. Competitiveness Competitiveness ---- continually sustained increases in productivity resulting in higher wages & living standards --- characterized by increasing export market shares. Competitiveness ---- demonstrated by "ability to meet, rest of free intl markets while expanding real income."

45. High standard of living Trade Productivity (Quality should exist) Investment in productive facilities (Factors, R&D, technology) Competitiveness Pyramid Source: Based on US Council on Competitiveness, 1995.

46. Competitiveness depends on Productivity "Standard of living is determined by the productivity of a nation's economy, which is measured by the “Value of goods & services (products) produced per unit of the nation's human, capital & Natural resources". Porter & Christensen, Harvard Business School

47. Ratio of output to input by large number of professionals. ILO Definition: “Ratio between o/p of wealth produced & i/p resources used up in process of production”. Comparative tool for mgrs, industrial engrs, economists, & politicians. Contd… What is Productivity

48. Feedback Inputs Raw materials, human resources, capital (land, buildings, equipment), technology information. Outputs Products, services, & other (pollution) Product/ Service Design & Facilities Transformation Process Control Processes Operation Management System

49. Indicators of Competitiveness Productivity is efficiency with which goods & services are produced & provided. Determined by previous “investments & by quality & performance of workforce, technological innovation, quality of plant & equipment, & effectiveness” with which these factors of production are utilized.

50. Definition of Productivity Successful Tech Org create surplus through productive operations. Productivity, is output-input agreement on true meaning of due consideration for “Quality & Time”. Productivity = Outputs Inputs (within time period, quality considered)