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The general nature of the productivity ethic is discussed, with i t s limitations i n the public sector being stressed. The economic institutional model upon which the private sector business productivity construct is built is compared with the political institutional model operating in governmental agencies. Value paradoxes and dilemmas of government policymakers and administrators supporting agency productivity improvement efforts are analyzed. The study concludes that a better understanding of the limited nature of the productivity vision as well as i t s unique ethical characteristics would do much to improve governmental performance and the morale of public employees.

"We are at a productivity measurement impasse for much of the work we do in government. This paper gets to the fundamentals of defining productivity, relating measurement modes to type of work and discusses some "new measurement" will require different management styles than those we are now familiar with. This has profound implications for those in personnel management."

Until government managers, employees, legislators and the public become intensely involved in the processes of controls, reward systems and political institutions, motivation is liable to remain at a low level.