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As our whole society depends for its well-being on the mass production of a vast range of goods and services, it is clear that understanding how production can be made more efficient is of considerable importance to everyone, regardless of whether they are employers, employees or consumers of the products of organisations.
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© 1982 Michael M. Gruneberg and David J. Oborne
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Gruneberg, M.M., Oborne, D.J. (1982). Introduction and Historical Background. In: Industrial Productivity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05224-0_1
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