critical issues matrix - tip committee lmrc 22jun15

June 26, 2015 Labour Market Reform Commission: Technology, Innovation and Productivity Committee

Critical Issues Matrix

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Human Capital – ‘H’ SME – ‘S’ Government – ‘G’ National – ‘N’

General – ‘G’ Role of leadership in realising transformational outcomes

Role and practice of collective action including roles of unions, networks, associations in advancing the collective

Cooperation and positive group-level behaviour

Role of large enterprises in the development of sustainable value chains and supply chains for SME’s

Technology – ‘T’ Fostering and promoting training and education opportunities in technology development/use/application (e.g. internship)

Adequacy of human capital to support technological development within Jamaica.

Capacity to create, transmit and absorption of knowledge, whether sourced domestically or through technology transfers from overseas.

Technology, adaptation of right tools

Enablers & Inhibitors of adoption of technology

Technology as a simulant to MSME growth & development

Adoption & Diffusion of technology in providing government services

Government’s role in promoting technology development

National Campaign in advancement in technology

National culture of technology; application of technology towards efficiency at the national level



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Innovation – ‘I’ Fostering creativity/Driver of innovation

Impact of Human Capital on Innovative processes

Partnership with academic institutions

Promoting & Fostering R&D in SMEs

Formation of incubators

MSME and Innovation for socio-economic development

Government ‘s role in promoting an innovative centric society

Effectiveness of strategies to promote the STEM agenda

National supporting systems in the promotion of innovative-centric environment.

Productivity – ‘P’ Role & Effect of Training

How to maximize worker output

Factors affecting labour productivity (e.g. better working conditions and work environment; motivation; financially, non-financially &positive incentives; incentive wage policies; job security)

Human Capital a CSF in productivity gains towards socio-economic development

Capital productivity (ICT and Non-ICT)

Total factor productivity and its drivers

SME Cluster and Network Development/ Development of Clusters and Networks of SMEs

MSMEs role in national productivity

Developing a measurement culture and using it for internal and external benchmarking

How firms can benefit from sharing information

Mastery: Training in Technical and soft skills

Autonomy: The climate/room to innovate and create

Purpose: Understanding self, the big picture and how one fits into the puzzle

Effect of government policies on productivity

How to influence implementation of productivity friendly policies

Autonomy: Effective government policies to facilitate autonomy in learning and working

Purpose: Integrating Career Education, understanding of self (psychometric assessment into School system to promote purpose and understanding of self). Additionally, provide sensitization on sectors and contribution to nation building and everyday life

Evaluation of the impact of culture on productivity

Potential impact of STEM initiatives on productivity

Importance of productivity on national development.

Benchmarking productivity perception in response to mass productivity campaigns (Treatment)

National intervention to sensitize the psychology of work and development.

National communication / persuasion to take focus away for negativity and direct it towards innovation, purpose, mastery



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Designing practical interventions to improve work climate to promote drive and facilitate uninhibited high performance that is not controlled by external rewards (Creating and implementing interventions to promote “autonomy, mastery and purpose”)

Mental model change and behaviour change

Developing the data culture and use of data in decision making

Change in culture and orientation- change in personal mental models and interpersonal ways of relating between leaders and employees.

Reason for current cultures and climate (to address causes of sub-optimaility effectively)

Orientation of expatriates to local culture

Resilience towards productivity and dealing with the negative elements such as culture of informalism

Use of standards and process management

Compare results with planned activities

Mastery: making training more practical…..taking care of the soft skills, emotional intelligence (barrier to communication) so maximum learning can take place. Additionally, assessing learning needs and focus strengthening weaknesses as oppose to adding to strengths

Include as part of the national campaign



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Best practices for improving human resource capacity

Reducing power distance between managers and employees

Building trust and open communication

Reducing defensiveness and building emotional health in the workplace in order to increase employee engagement

Differences between private and public institutions in people empowerment, knowledge management and technological application

Cross-institutional collaboration to conduct action research and to influence the design of degree programmes

Competitiveness – ‘C’ Creativity as a tool for competitiveness

Human Capital as critical component to global competitiveness.

Effect of product quality factors on competitiveness

Factors that affect product quality

Creating an environment that fosters competitiveness

Government role in promoting a global competitiveness agenda

National competitiveness as a critical success factor (CSF) for economic growth.



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Health, education and training

Inequality in the distribution of assets and income;

SMEs and national competitiveness

Business sophistication

Innovation

Effectiveness and efficiency of Institutions

Labour market efficiency

Infrastructure

Capital market efficiency

Public education to change perceptions as well as communicating changed to change perceptions.

The efficacy of the national financial system and its effectiveness in the allocation of resources;

The existence and quality of national institutions that impact business productivity and competitiveness;

critical issues matrix - tip committee lmrc 22jun15

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