Scott Simmerman wrote:
> Funny, I've been working for 20 years to get people to begin to think of
> people as Human Capital and to treat them as such, valued (not
> depreciated) and more of an appreciating asset.
Scott,
I think that the idea of humans (or labor) as a form of capital occurred
to young Karl Marx over a century ago.
Why is the idea of humans as resources significantly different to you than
the idea of humans being a form of capital?
I'm wondering whether the continuing "objectification" of people as a
means of production (resource or capital) is antithetical to a learning
organization? It seems to me that by objectifying people, water, animals,
air, etc., as exchange media continues to exacerbate rather than remedy
many of the problems people identify on this list.
regards,
Doc
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