The Public Sector & Gainsharing

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It has sometimes been said that Gainsharing, like profit sharing, is not appropriate for the public sector. This is a misunderstanding. Gainsharing is not about sharing profits; it is about sharing the benefits of improvements. For example, if the employees assist their employer to save 10% of variable costs, it could be highly appropriate to share some of that saving with those employees. This is true whether the organisation making the saving is a factory, a bus company, a university, a hospital, or even a museum.

There are plenty of examples of successful Gainsharing projects in public sector organisations, particularly in the USA. The benefits of successful Gainsharing for Public Sector organisations include:

• improving efficiency
• sharing the benefits of employee-supported savings
• improving relations & communications between managers and employees
• increasing employee understanding of how the organisation works
• securing greater cooperation and involvement
• making specific performance improvements
• improving use of resources
• increasing long term viability of the organisation
• improving job security
• changing the organisation culture (where necessary)
• generating commitment to organisation goals

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