Mobile phones Today, mobile phones are now capable of playing a big role in unified communications because you can use them to retrieve calls, exchange information, and being able to access the web and IM programs. Google and other web services With Google Voice, it is easy to archive and retrieve information from voice mail messages. Self-Assessment As Key To Productivity Lacking productivity is one of the major reasons why there are so many people who are unhappy in this world. Because of being unproductive, many people are not able to get the job that they want or meet others who they are interested with. Although being laid back is a natural part of an individual's personality, something should be done about it because if this continues, this will affect the entire well being of the person as well as his or her decision making in the future. On one hand, input factors cannot be studied while isolated by themselves. Productivity improvement in one aspect is generally at the cost of the other. Also, labor as an input factor is present in all phases. On the other hand, managerial resource (another important input factor) is not counted in such measures. Labor quality This factor captures the increase and the quality of labor inputs from the ever-evolving and changing mix of workers. As the workforce evolves, workers with different skills are employed at different rates. This change in composition directly affects how much output can be produced from a given amount of worker hours. (In this case, it is termed partial .) Total factor productivity tries to construct a productivity measure that will encompass an aggregation of factors. How it means is still under hypotheses, and therefore, not yet assured in a general framework. Indicators To date, it had been determined by current technology that the maximum physical quantity of output can be reached together with the number and quality of inputs needed. Like Abramovitz, Kendrick, and Kuznets, Solow attributed almost all of U.S. economic growth to the residual growth in productivity. Kuznets later reinforced the findings of Abramovitz, Kendrick and Solow. It declared that economic growth was largely attributable to the Solow residual (productivity) between the growth of output and the growth of capital and labor inputs.