The Resource The good jobs strategy : how the smartest companies invest in employees to lower costs and boost profits, Zeynep Ton, MIT Sloan School of Management
The good jobs strategy : how the smartest companies invest in employees to lower costs and boost profits, Zeynep Ton, MIT Sloan School of Management
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- Summary
- "For decades, jobs with good pay and decent benefits in service, manufacturing, and retail have gone overseas, eviscerating America's middle class and setting off a chain reaction of problems for the country as a whole. Up until now, defenders of the new system have argued that American corporations, to stay competitive internationally, must cut wages and benefits and essentially squeeze as much value as possible out of each worker. But this is backward: workers aren't a cost. They are a company's greatest asset. Ton argues that good jobs and happy, well-compensated employees are in fact a key element of a virtuous cycle for companies that results in low prices and increased profitability. The author's work focuses on retailing, where bad jobs would seem to be most embedded in the fabric of the business; but she also reveals how her insights and conclusions can be applied successfully in most service businesses"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544114449
- Label
- The good jobs strategy : how the smartest companies invest in employees to lower costs and boost profits
- Title
- The good jobs strategy
- Title remainder
- how the smartest companies invest in employees to lower costs and boost profits
- Statement of responsibility
- Zeynep Ton, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "For decades, jobs with good pay and decent benefits in service, manufacturing, and retail have gone overseas, eviscerating America's middle class and setting off a chain reaction of problems for the country as a whole. Up until now, defenders of the new system have argued that American corporations, to stay competitive internationally, must cut wages and benefits and essentially squeeze as much value as possible out of each worker. But this is backward: workers aren't a cost. They are a company's greatest asset. Ton argues that good jobs and happy, well-compensated employees are in fact a key element of a virtuous cycle for companies that results in low prices and increased profitability. The author's work focuses on retailing, where bad jobs would seem to be most embedded in the fabric of the business; but she also reveals how her insights and conclusions can be applied successfully in most service businesses"--
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- Cataloging source
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- Ton, Zeynep
- Dewey number
- 658.3/01
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD5724
- LC item number
- .T63 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Job creation
- Manpower policy
- Quality of work life
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership
- Label
- The good jobs strategy : how the smartest companies invest in employees to lower costs and boost profits, Zeynep Ton, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1031808
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544114449
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013032234
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9780544114449
- Label
- The good jobs strategy : how the smartest companies invest in employees to lower costs and boost profits, Zeynep Ton, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1031808
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544114449
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013032234
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9780544114449
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