‘We are counting the man-hours’

(From left)Mohd Razali and Dr Chong looking at a banner promoting the management toolkit known as TRIZ.

MALAYSIA now measures labour productivity’s contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of man-hours instead of just the number of employees in the economic sectors, leading to a more accurate view although the percentage looks smaller.

Malaysian Productivity Corporation director-general Datuk Mohd Razali Hussain said in the mid-term review of the 11th Malaysia Plan, productivity growth is no longer 3.8% as calculated last year because using man-hours as the measurement of labour input gave a more precise view.