Placing the right type of workers in close proximity to each other can generate up to a 15 percent increase in organizational performance,according to the study from Cornerstone On Demand,a provider of cloud-based learning and talent-management software,and researchers at Harvard Business School in Massachusetts. For businesses with 2,000 employees, this translates into an additional $1 million in profit each year,the study said. For the study,researchers examined data from a two-year period of more than 2,000 employees working at a large technology company with locations in the U.S. and Europe. The study’s authors separated workers into three different categories based on the work they produced： Productive：These employees are very productive,but don’t always produce quality work. Quality：These workers produce work of superior quality,but aren’t always productive. Generalists：These employees are average in terms of both productivity and quality. The researchers defined productivity by how long it takes an employee to finish a task,and effectiveness by how often employees need to ask a co-worker for help completing a task.