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FPCD-78-39 1 (1978-07-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacjhh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT h'SUME 06558 - rB1668OI The Quality of Working Life: An Important Issue Zcr Manacers ct the Federal Work Force. FPCD-78-39; E-16370. July 3, 1978. 14 pp. + appendix (2 pp.). Staff study by H. L, Krieger, Directcr, Federal Eersonnel ad Compensation Div. Issue Area: Personnel Management and Ccmpensaticn (GC). Contact: Federal Personnel and Ccmyersaticz Div. Budget Function: Ecation, Manpower, asd Sccial Servicez: Training and Expliyment (504); foucaticn, Manfcuer, an, social Services: Other Labor Servce, (505). Orqanization Concerned: Lepartment of Labor; National -CoctoL cr Prodactivity and Quaiity of Wcrkitg life. Congressional Relevance: House Commattee cn Post Gftice and Civil Service; Senate Committee on Labor and Putlic Afire: Employment, Poverty and Miqrator labor Subccmmitte.. A review of the literature suqgest e ou ;:';- wauses for the increasina importance of the quality of wci nq .1ie (QWL): 'he declining rate of productivity increase, the restricted qrcwth environment, the deteriorating ;t'ality rt goods and services, and the changiag nature of the wcrk O¢rce. The QWL is discussed from three perspectives--reasons for concern over QWL, evidence available reqarding tenefits frca. improving QWL, and implications icr the Federal Government. Findinqs/Conclusions: Concern about QkL has led tc najcr workplace innovations throughout the industrialized wc.2j in particular, considerable efforts to iwizcve the QWL have been advanced in Western Europe. Since 1969, tte Departsept cf Labor has periodically assessed the QWL cf a nat.onal crzcs-section of the labor force. Diffetences exist aacng experts in and out of Government concerning the potential impact of QkL-related activities, tut increasing interest in QWL arpears wairanted. The QWL amonq Federal eryloyees must be presumed to approximate that of the overall U.S. work force, and tte ccncerc for productivity must also apply to this group. A key iLdicator ot effectiveness or productivity of Governuent is public reaction which in recent years has not been favoratle. like level cr QWL among Federal employees should be asseszed and eziooically mcnitored. (RRS)

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