Why the Relentless Focus on Finance and Accounting Is Bad for Business and Employees Cappelli, Peter. creator text enk Oxford Oxford University Press, Incorporated 2023 monographic eng

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1 online resource (241 p.) Why have jobs gotten so much worse? In Our Least Important Asset, Peter Cappelli argues that as financial accounting has become the guide for determining the success of companies, its inability to assess the reality of employment creates distortions and a short-sighted approach to management. In the process, employers undercut decades of evidence about what works to improve the quality, productivity, and creativity of workers. Drawing on decades of experience and research, Cappelli provides a comprehensive and insightful critique of the modern workplace, where the gaps in financial accounting. Cover -- Our Least Important Asset -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface: The Background to This Manuscript -- Introduction: The New Model and How We Got Here -- 1. Employment Practices Are Choices -- 2. Beyond Financial Accounting: What Drives Leaders -- 3. Hiring -- 4. The Rise of a New Industry and the Liquid Workforce -- 5. How Work Gets Done -- 6. The Impact on Employees -- Final Thoughts -- Notes -- Index Description based upon print version of record. Labor costs Human capital HD4945 Cappelli, Peter Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2023 0197629814 9780197629826 0197629822 9780197629819 457BACB8-13E7-405E-A713-0F50E3BE0578 OverDrive, Inc. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3628480 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3628480 EBZ 230624 20251029164107.0 on1382692890 eng