Pfeffer, Jeffrey. <br/><br/>
The human equation :  building profits by putting people first / 
Jeffrey Pfeffer. 
 - Boston :  Harvard Business School Press,  1998. 
 - xix, 345 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-330) and index. 
<br/><br/> People-centered management and organizational success.  Looking for success in all the wrong places --  The business case for managing people right --  Seven practices of successful organizations --  Aligning business strategy and management practices --  Barriers to implementing performance knowledge: how conventional wisdom is wrong --  Ten reasons why smart organizations sometimes do dumb things --  The "new employment contract" and the virtual work force --  How common approaches to pay cause problems --  Can you manage with unions? --  Market failures and the role of public policy in producing profits through people --  People, profits, and perspective.  pt. I.  pt. II. 
<br/><br/> Criticizes many common personnel management practices, and argues that policies such as job security and fair compensation result in greater profits in the long run. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0875848419 9780875848419 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780875848419 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97027510 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Success in business.<br/>Corporate profits.<br/>Personnel management.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF 5386  / .P576 1998