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Saudi Arabia’s Labor Market Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Presenteeism in offices often is used as a critical measure of effort, and hence value to an organization, in place of output, qualification, or skill. This division entails major costs for institutions, from separate educational and training institutions to separate offices and entrance halls.

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Where are you on the management scale of newbie to expert hacker?

Ask Atma

The benefit of this is: costs decrease because of less rework, fewer mistakes, fewer delays, and better use of time and materials; productivity improves; market share increases with better quality and prices. Personnel cost planning. reducing health care costs. reducing absenteeism (and presenteeism). Labor relations.