美国一些公司为了提高生产力largely rely on cost-cutting measures such as downsizing and outsourcing. 但这些举措并没有想象中成功,一项survey表明40%的受访高管对缩减成本的举措不满意,而这些缩减成本的措施带来的好处是有限的>company morale & the proportion of workers subsequently leave the company.
另外一个提高生产力的方式是profit sharing & employee stock-ownership plans, 这个方法有诸多好处然而很难执行(作者举例论证),引出结论:大部分公司还是倾向于cost-cutting measures.