Introduction to the symposium of presentations from the Plenary Sessions of the 2010 North American Productivity Workshop

摘要

The Plenary Sessions of the 2010 North American Pro ductivity Workshop (NAPW) were particularly noteworthy as they brought together a remarkable collection of schol ars whose contribution to productivity and efficiency has been seminal and classic as well as modern and innovative. The presentations were first rate. This symposium is composed of the presentations given in the Plenary Ses sions. The idea of such a symposium was not only sparked by the presentations of remarkably gifted scholars, but also by the large number of conference participants whose conversations with us after the presentations indicated that something special was going on in the Plenary Sessions: that the participants were struck by the singular quality and uniqueness of the scholarship but also by the reverence the presenters commanded and the awe in which they were held by the participants.