DOCUIINT RESUME - ED163298 CE 019 154 TITLE Directory of Productivity and Qua lity of Working Life Centers. INSTI.Z4TION National Center for Productivity and Quality of Wo;king Life, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 78. NOTE 86p. For related doCuments see'CE 019 152 EDRS PRICE BF-S0.83 HC-$4,67 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS . Community Agencies (Public); Economic Change; *Economic Development; *EconomicProgress; Financia l Support; Foreign Countries; Futures' (of SoCiety);, ManpowerDeveldpment; National Programs;' Planning; Policy Formation; Private Agencies;. Productive Living; *ProductiVity; *Frog ram Descriptions; *Quality of Life; Regionil Programs; *Research and Development Centers; Resource Centers;..State Programs; Trend Analysis IDENTIFIERS United States ABSTRACT This directory was prepared to foster the mutually . supportive relationships among the Productivity and Quality of Working Life Centers in the United States. It was also designed to be - of value to'-innovative managers in the public and private sectors by making readily available sources of information on the various aspects of productivity and quality of working life issues,'The twenty-eight centers included in this directoiy vary widely in terms of development, scope,, and .sources of support.-Several are essentially national or regional in approach; others generally confine their activities to their respective states; and some are university-based, Their financing comes from both public and private fundd. All are involved in programs of interest nationkide.' The following elements are found in the description of each centers address/phone number; background; organization; funding/support; program activities; and publications/A-V materials. Appended are a listing of foreign Productivity and Quality of Working Life Centers and a geographical index (by state) of 6.S.'PrOductivity and Quality of Working Life Centers.(A companion document; CE 019 154, contains the final report of the.gational Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life, whose primary functions afire to make the United States aware of the benefits of productivity groyth and to encourage initiatives that will result in better productivity performances,) 4 ******************************************************************4!A* * Reproductions supplied byDRS are the best that can be made * * from the originilidocument, * 3k***0***********************************.V*******t********************** . % , IP AP 1 Directory of Productivity and Quality 'of Working Life Centers tall 1978 sr National Centdi 'for Productivity and Quaiity.of Working Life. Washington, DC 20036 r U S OE PARTMCNT OF MEALTN EDUCATION l WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF foucarioN t N15 Doc wteE f TMAS BEEN Efh DU(EO ExAC ft v aS RECEIVED xROM THE PE aS064 OR OPCAviA ?ION ORCom. ir4 11tsC IT OCHNISOC viEVO OR DAIMONS STATED DO PlOr NE(ESSaa.ky, irEPPE. SENT oef IC.AL NAT oNat. INSTITUTE ,EDUCATION POSITION 01P POLICY ti 6 1 . CONTENTS . Preface vii AMerucan Center For the Quality- of, Work Life 1. American productivity Center Center fgr Governmeht and Public Affairs Center 'for- Productive Public Management 11, 4 Center for Quality of Working Life 13 Committee on Productivity 18 Georgia Productivity Center.':4 .20 garvardProject on Technology' Work, and Character 23 Institute for Productivity 25 Management'and Behavioral Science Center 27 A 'Manufactur'ing Productivity Center ...29Y Maryland Center for Productivity and Quality of Working I Life, 31 'Massachusetti Quality 0 Working Life Center 35 MDC, Inc f 37 OklahomaProductivityInstitute 39 PENNTA,P Cr Productivity Cgoter.. s 42 w Productivity Council of the Southwest 43 Prodyctivity'Institute 444 -" rd. Productivity Research'and Extension Program . 48 Purdue)! Productivity Center, 51 Quality Of Working Life_ Program (Center for HuMan Resource Research) . - 52 Quality 'Of Working Life program (Iilstitute of Labor and qk Industrial Relations) 54 . Quallty of Work Life Center for Central Pennsylvania 56 4 Quality of Work Life Program 58 South Florida Productivity, Center 50 Utah State Unillersity Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life . 4 61, . V.'",... Work.in America'Institute; Inc. 65' 4 ' %*,:' APPENDIXES . a following p. 69 4 \__.:---- A.' Listing of Foreign Productivity and duality of'Working\ Life Centers - B. Geographic4 Index (by Stite) of U.S. Productivity and Quality of or king Life Centers . , . / v i Mb. =, ,; V 4 a I P. tit PREFACE R. fY The need for imlicovtIggeprOduceivity andthequality of working life, whicb led, Ito.tple creation of the National ..Center for Productivity and Quality-of Working ,Life as ,an-agency.6f the Federal Government; "has also-resuIted in .the organizatApp of a number of similai-entities. concerned 'pith productiyiA(. aftdt, quality of working life issues at the national, region4,. .0.. ., .- State, and local levels.'It is gratifying to report thitt this' .,,N. directory desciibes 28 such centers which exist alrady ox'are. ' NV, -,%)., In the process of.. being f reed in,theUnited States.:.., ;.f . -., , . ,a e . Representatiltes of22 of these 28 centers attended a meeting hosted by the:Nat-6;ml: Center. on Seetember Tind 8, . 1978, at the SmiehsoniansInstieution'sMused of History and' Technology in Washington, D:C4 The purpose Of'the meeting was -to provide a mechgnism by which the centers, could share infor 'illation about their-progra sand' interactOith'each,oehei*..as , 4 4 well as with representatf esof Federal. agengdet with an ^ a interest it productivity nd quality of workiPklife issues. t- -' This dirgotary was prpared to foster the mutually' sue-, "A '4:. portive relationships amog.the productivity .and quality `of ef. working life centers ofte Nation. It.,vias also degignedo 4e of value to innovatt,ve maagers in the public'and private " . 4' sectors by making,i.ea8ily available.sourbes of informatittvon the various aspects of productivity and cjualtty.of working lif# A f, issues. , , lu It will become eviden.tcthe iritereAed'readee that the-4. V! centers vary widely in toms 'of development, scope, and source$ .; t' of support. Several are ssentially `national or regional ino .4-, approach. Others generaly confine thEir activitieg.ceb Vele A respective States. Some re'uO.vexsity4as,ed. 'Thefr financing comes from both publicstn private funds. All are ipyolved in,,,, programs of interest natl.nw.idp:.f i . The directory also ligts foreign productivity centers (Appendix A). It-is noteworthy that the United States . instrumental i'n encouraging the establishment of foreign pro- ductivity centers through the Marshall Plait '-- by the endof 1952, all the European nations had formed national centers . ,vii sk& . wh ichwere assisted financially by the United States until .19'61. In 1955 the Japan Productivity Center was established; over a.dozen Asian dountries now have such centers. We at theNational enter are confident that the produc- 4. i tivity and quality of working life centers de ribed in this direlc varyare pioneers in a move -that is crucial to the social and economic health o e United S tes. X wish to . express, the National Centes appreciation to .the4 cen ers.for . their cooperation in prov ding the inform ionl%fdr thi .*, .., . 4.. .Arectdiy: ,; I xrector c g T . 4), .r 1" e. I, !' % AMERICAN CENTER FOR -THE QUALITY OF WORK.LIFE 3301 New Mexico Ayeoue, N.W. Suite 202 Washington, DC 20016 (202) 338-2933 Background, 4 The American Center for thp Quality of Work Life (ACQW4), -do' formerly the National Quality of Work Center, Is a Wadhington- based nonprofit corporation founded in March 1974% ACQWL operates on the premise that the /nen and women who make up America's work force are its greatest unrealized nataral.re- source. The center stimulates in bothiphe private and public sectors a growing understanding and. -exploration' bf proven ways,, for unions and managements, jointly, to release the,problem- solving potential of working Americans. Through its field projects, training, and communications activities, the center assists labor and management'to generate the'active processes and structures which enable shared and tangible improvements in the quality of life at wor0.and enhancement of organizational, effectiveness. .Organization Staff includes: Ted Mills, Director,/ Edward Cohen-Rosenthal, Associate Jacqueline Davenport, Trdasurerer Robin L. Witten, Communications Lee M. Ozley, Senior .'Associate Nicholas Bi ;ony, Senior Associate Charles M. Crone;;,Senior Assoc ate Gene Herbster, Senior Associate. t Ftioding/Sgpport Inktitutional support is derived primarily frorp peilje6t, income.. From 1974-78, :the center yas also supported by the . Eonomic Development Administration of the U..S. Department of, Commerce and the Charles skpwart Mott Fouridation, Project- by-projectsupportis AertVerd from public'and.private sebtor- Organizations and .unions. A 16 - 1- .1 so4i P In Fey Objectives ACQWL public and private sector field projects are designed to demonstrate that organizations will become more effective and the quality of working life for members will be improved when aft employees have expertly structuredo:opportunities to become actively involved in day-to-day decisions -affecting organizational improvement. ACQWL field projects are being implemented in highly diverse and,visible major organizations in both the public and private sectors. All are in unionized workplaces and have been en- ' domed by managements and unions. Most have active participa- tio of the highest officers of managements and unions. The ob