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The work force is the most critical asset for any Manager.The
Manager can only achieve through the
activity of others.
On a boat there are ropes and sails-Management guides and steers
but the sails deliver the force to move
forward.
Capitalism “owned” the labour force or “the means of production”
and the industrial distress of nearly
two
centuries is about the conflict over this key issue.
Slowly and painfully has emerged the concept of partnership
between manager and worker, to the mutual
advantage of each.
The labour force in the Health Service which is a “Service
industry” is a special example.
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