The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First
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Printer-friendly version| Title | The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Pub Year | 1998 |
| Authors | Pfeffer, J. |
| Publisher | Harvard Business School Press |
| Keywords | accountability, expertise |
| Notes |
accountabilityPfeffer reviews studies that "make a business case for managing people right". Among the factors that cause trouble for companies trying to implement such change, are: "Demands for accountability and reproducibility in results and decisions that destroy the benefits of expertise, which is inevitably dependent on tacit knowledge." (p. 132) |