Activate Human Capital: A New Attitude - Paperback

by Richard N. Morrison (Author)

Over the last half century, college textbooks on management have taught the importance of valuing the human assets of a business, and they have also focused on how to effectively and appropriately manage those assets. And yet, we look around and rarely see it practiced.
In Activate Human Capital, author Richard N. Morrison outlines the eight People-Focused Principles of Management, and he explains them in terms of the values that motivate people to want to do the work given to them. And even more, he shows how these values will actually get employees to initiate their work because they will see how it contributes to the overall purpose of the business. Each principle-such as giving people a purpose, communicating widely, accommodating change, creating a culture of worth and hope, and rewarding performance, to name a few-is linked to a component of human fulfillment, and then through research, personal experience, and shared stories, Morrison discusses how to activate each principle and demonstrates what it should look like in the workplace.
Eight simple principles can help enhance all business relationships and improve efficiency, productivity, and profitability-if only managers are willing to change. People-focused management has been done, is being done, and will be done increasingly more often as more business leaders comprehend the potential in this empowering form of leadership. When employees feel valued, respected, encouraged, and fulfilled, they will work harder and be more invested in their work-and in the success of the business.

Author Biography

Richard N. Morrison is a businessman, lawyer, and Episcopal priest, and all of these roles heightened his lifelong interest in management and its challenges. He graduated first of his class in the College of Business at Northern Arizona University, after which he served as an officer in the US Navy as a fighter pilot, administrative department head, and personnel, legal, and public affairs officer. Later receiving his law degree with honors from the University of Houston, he went on to practice law for thirty-nine years encountering business, governance, employment, and human-resources issues. Richard also enjoys teaching, and he shares his extensive business experience in business and resource management courses at various universities in Arizona.