Labour Market Forum 2010 - Planning Institute of Jamaica

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Comparative Labour Statistics (Mining Sector Benchmark) – 1975 - 2001 Unit Labour Productivity ‘75 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Mining 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Electricity, Gas, etc. 1.8 2.4 2.1 1.0 1.3 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.6 2.6 2.1 Financing,etc. 2.5 3.8 3.6 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.9 3.7 4.3 5.1 4.4 3.4 Transport, etc. 4.7 6.9 6.6 3.8 4.3 3.9 4.9 5.1 5.8 7.5 6.8 5.7 Manufacturing 6 6.9 9.7 9.1 5.4 5.6 6.1 8.1 8.1 8.4 10.8 9.7 6.8 Construction, etc. 5 7.6 11.7 10.6 6.8 8.5 8.9 13.0 13.7 16.3 20.2 21.1 17.7 Wholesale, etc. 7 10.6 15.8 14.8 9.2 10.8 10.4 12.8 13.1 16.1 21.2 20.7 17.4 Agriculture, etc. 40 43.6 60.3 54.0 25.2 27.9 27.1 31.0 37.4 41.7 53.1 56.6 44.5 TOTAL 11.0 15.6 14.7 8.3 10.0 9.8 12.4 13.2 15.0 19.7 18.8 15.5 80
Factors Contributing to Jamaica’s Low Productivity → The broadest view of the labour market must be taken – Leadership, Management and general workforce Lack of Leadership → Lack of unity and direction (dissonance) → Lack of engagement of employees in problem solving and identification of opportunities → In establishing equity No Orientation to a Culture of Productivity: → Conceptualizing → Measuring → Researching → Applying → Living In all spheres of economic endeavour Lack of Appropriate Management Systems & Processes → Disunity (Splintering and diffusion of interests – too much energy spent talking) 81
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Labour Market Forum 2010 Jobs for G
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12:00 p.m. - 12:20 p.m. Mr. Benthan
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Gladstone Anthony Hutchinson, Phd D
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Professor Rosalea Hamilton Ba (Hons
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Mr. Wayne Chen Wayne Chen is the Ch
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Mr. Benthan H. Hussey, B.A., M.Sc.
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Jamaica Producers Group, Caribbean
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Introduction In a nutshell the labo
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evenues which led to the ending of
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Despite the aforementioned challeng
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Hence, while probably a moral and n
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in the brighter promise of the futu
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As Minister of Labour with portfoli
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e-launching its Labour Market Infor
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