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Is it not true that the ones who laugh the loudest and the most are usually the shallowest and the most foolish? And that the wisest are usually the gravest? Perhaps the wise are grave because they remember the grave.
Three Philosophies of Life
Peter Kreeft
HR has a key social role to play with respect to employees, due in part to the breakdown of the traditional social contract that exchanged employee loyalty for life-time job security, and the rise of individualism more generally in society. People have increased expectations in terms of their quality of life, of which their workplace conditions and relationships form a very important part. Employees increasingly resist authoritarian management, require participation in decision-making and demand improved physical working conditions.
Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy
Linda Holbeche
With astonishing regularity, greed is seen as something (a) new and (b) curable. A Procrustean bed approach; we cannot change humans as easily as we can build greed-proof systems, and nobody thinks of simple solutions.
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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