Some union leaders are also fearful that once management attains its productivity goals, it will violate the cooperative spirit by laying off employees.

"It has been able to keep our productivity goals on track."

Conversely, if productivity goals are achieved, this reinforces commitment and the feeling of group cohesiveness.

Some police departments set "productivity goals" but deny specific quotas.

You couldn't manage a Police Department this size without productivity goals.

And he would offer only the sort of stimulus that served long-term productivity goals.

The panel recommended productivity goals and long-range budgeting, reforms enacted years later.

Many hospitals have adopted business methods like pay incentives for meeting "productivity" goals.

The Police Department said that commanders can set "productivity goals" but not specific quotas.

Politicians started thinking that they had to use the market more to reach their productivity goals.