In these time of recession when "turfing" thousands of employees is announced without any feeling of guilt, we must remember that older workers have Knowledge and Institutional Memory, both of which are lost when they are fired.
Michael Hiltzik's column in the L.A. Times reminds us of this.
This should remind CEOs about the Knowledge and Institutional Memory that older workers carry. This experience is irreplaceable and a policy that treats humans as "resources" equal to furniture and fixtures or equipment or building isn't very good for the organisation and is certainly not one that will endear the corporation to it's employees.
27 January, 2009
06 December, 2008
Thomas Friedman : "Calling All Pakistanis"
Thomas Friedman writes in the NY Times "Calling All Pakistanis".
On the terrorist attack in Mumbai and the usual explanations about terrorists : he writes "....The best defense against this kind of murderous violence is to limit the pool of recruits, and the only way to do that is for the home society to isolate, condemn and denounce publicly and repeatedly the murderers — and not amplify, ignore, glorify, justify or “explain” their activities. ".
On the terrorist attack in Mumbai and the usual explanations about terrorists : he writes "....The best defense against this kind of murderous violence is to limit the pool of recruits, and the only way to do that is for the home society to isolate, condemn and denounce publicly and repeatedly the murderers — and not amplify, ignore, glorify, justify or “explain” their activities. ".
25 November, 2008
"The End [of Wall Street's Boom]" -- Michael Lewis
This is an article by Michael Lewis in Portfolio magazine.