Includes appendices. Asian Productivity Organization. (1979). APO annual report 1978. Tokyo : Author.

1978 programme of activities - an overview -- Categories of activites -- Implementation -- Productivity improvement in general -- Institution building -- Propagation of productivity -- Evaluation -- Training courses -- Study missions, symposia, and TES -- Organization -- Eighteenth workshop meeting of heads of NPOs -- Twentieth session of the governing body -- Secretariat -- Research and need identification -- Factory which hinder or help productivity improvements -- Survey on technology development for small industry --Survey on garin legumes production (Phase I) -- Survey on producer's association for marketing from products (Phase II) -- Oshikawa fellowship -- Symposia and study meeting -- Symposium on productivity measurement -- Symposium on vocational trainers' training -- Symposium on financial management -- Symposium on transfer of technology -- Symposium on product design technology -- Symposium on environmental engineering -- Study meeting on fertilizer distribution -- Institution building -- Training courses -- Project feasibility study -- Project management -- Management consultancy -- Production management -- Worker motivation -- Industrial and systems engineering -- Computer applications -- Productive maintenance -- Quality control and quality assurance in food processing industry -- Fellowship -- UNIDO Fellowships -- Technical experts services -- Observational study missions -- Individual country study mission -- Multi-Country study missions -- Small industries development administration -- Food grain distribution -- Industrial estates -- Bilateral cooperation between NPOs -- Propagation of productivity knowledge -- Publications -- Audio-visual materials -- Exchange of information -- Non-member participation -- International cooperation -- Assistance received -- Agreement with CDG -- International meetings -- Visitors to the secretariat -- Financial report -- Auditor's opinion -- Financial highlights -- Balance sheets -- Statement of revenues and expenses -- Statement of change in surplus -- Notes to financial statements