TITLE : FACTORS WHICH HINDER OR HELP PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT: COUNTRY REPORT-THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. *

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, i
FOREWORD, iii
PREFACE, iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS, ix
 
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION, 1
 
1.1 General Profile, 1
1.2 Economic Policies, 3
1.3 Labour Productivity, 4
1.4 Capital Productivity, 7
 
Chapter 2
BASIS OF THE STUDY, 8
 
2.1 Objectives, Scope and Coverage, 8
2.2 Data Sources, 9
2.3 Definition of Productivity, 11
 
Chapter 3
RESULTS OF ANALYSIS, 12
 
3.1 Review of Past, 12
3.2 The Productivity of Manufacturing Sector, 13
3.3 Factors Affecting Productivity, 22
    3.3.1 Results of Survey, 24
3.4 Main Findings, 35
    3.4.1 Labour Mobility, 35
    3.4.2 The Inequilibrium of Demand and Supply of Labour Force, 36
    3.4.3 Wage Difference, 37
    3.4.4 Social Valuation, 37
    3.4.5 Machinery, Equipment and Automation, 38
    3.4.6 Division of Labour - Separation and Specialization, 39
    3.4.7 Large Scale Production, 40
3.5 Technology Progress, 41
    3.5.1 Production Technology, 42
    3.5.2 Cost Saving, 44
3.6 Managerial Factors, 44
 
Chapter 4
ACTION POINTS AND STRATEGIES FOR 1980s, 47
 
4.1 Micro-Level, 48
4.2 Micro-Macro Linkages, 49
4.3 Distribution of Productivity Gains, 50
 
Chapter 5
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, 52
 
5.1	Areas of Continuing Research , 52
5.2	Conclusions, 53
 
APPENDICES
Appendix A	STATISTICAL DATA TABLES, 55
Appendix B, 59
Appendix C, 66
Appendix D REPORTS ON CASE STUDY, 90
 
REFERENCES, 109