TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cappelli,Peter
TI  - Our Least Important Asset: Why the Relentless Focus on Finance and Accounting Is Bad for Business and Employees
SN  - 0197629814
AV  - HD4945 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press, Incorporated
KW  - Labor costs
KW  - Human capital
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 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
N2  - 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
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