A framework of measuring productivity at organizational & individual level.

1. PRODUCTIVITY 12 Framework
12 INGREDIENTS FOR PRODUCTIVITY
Costin Ciora
Assistant Professor – Department of Financial Analysis &
Valuation, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Productivity Consultant & Author
costin.ciora@cig.ase.ro

2. About me:
• Since 2008: Assistant Professor at the Department of Financial Analysis & Valuation, The Bucharest University of
Economic Studies, Romania.
• Since 2011: PhD in Performance Analysis for Value Creation
• Since 2015: Productivity Consultant & Author
• Author of more than 15 scientific articles & conference presentations, author of ”Performance analysis through
value creation” & “Real estate market and investor behavior” (Romanian) and co-author of book in financial
analysis
• Author of “12 ingredients for productivity. Better results and more free time” (2017) – The book was published
initially in Romanian and currently I’m in the process of translation into English & publishing.
• 2015: Guest lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business on “Business Analysis and Strategy”
• 2014 & 2015: Guest Researcher at the Vienna University of Economics and Business
• 2015: Guest Researcher at the Alicante University, Spain
• 2010: Guest Researcher at the Paris Dauphine University, France.

3. Next level of productivity
Consistency
ingredients
Essential
ingredients
Growth
ingredients

4. Essential Productivity
Purpose & Why
Expectations
Goals & procrastination
Energy
Growth ingredients
Planning system
Habits & work routine
Task management
Prioritization
Consistency ingredients
Attention
Patience
Frequent interruption limitation
Next level of concentration
Productivity 12 Framework:
12 ingredients for productivity

5. Example (non-weighted): individual level & organizational level
1. Purpose & Why 7
2. Expectations 8
for others 9
for me 7
3. Goals & procrastination 6.5
Goal setting 5
Procrastination 8
4. Energy 6.0
Sleep 6
Nutrition 5
Physical movement 7
5. Planning system 8
6. Habits & work routine 8
7. Task management 8
8 Prioritization 10
9. Attention 9
10. Patience 8
11. Frequent interruption limitation 8
12. Next level of concentration 7
TOTAL points 93.5
Productivity level (% out of max. 120) 77.92%
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1. Purpose & Why
2. Expectations
3. Goals & procrastination
4. Energy
5. Planning system
6. Habits & work routine
7. Task management
8 Prioritization
9. Attention
10. Patience
11. Frequent interruption
limitation
12. Next level of
concentration

6. Future directions
• Weighted index based on different importance set for the “ingredients”
• Macro-level view of productivity by using Productivity 12 framework