Putting people first for organizational success
研究发现，将员工视为资产的管理实践与公司财务成功直接相关，但实际管理趋势却背离这一原则。基于实证研究，本文论证了组织文化和能力是持久竞争优势的真正来源。
Executive Overview There's a disturbing disconnect in organizational management. Research, experience, and common sense all increasingly point to a direct relationship between a company's financial success and its commitment to management practices that treat people as assets. Yet trends in management practice are actually moving away from these very principles. Why is common sense so remarkably uncommon when it comes to managing people? Why do organizations habitually overlook readily available opportunities to boost their financial performance? Drawing on extensive empirical research, an irrefutable business case can be made that the culture and capabilities of an organization—derived from the way it manages its people—are the real and enduring sources of competitive advantage. Managers today must begin to take seriously the often heard, yet frequently ignored, adage that “people are our most important asset”