Tag: human capital

Employees or human capital: Human being or asset?

by GilesFiles | Oct 7, 2025 | AB - Law generally, AU - ChatGPT, ILO Com of Experts, ILO Convention 158/1982, ILO Conventions, ILO reports, ILO’s supervisory bodies, Insights | 0 |

Surely it is not correct to refer to employees as human capital as so many employers now do? The term “human capital” has become popular in management and economics, but it’s also deeply contested. ⚖️ The idea behind “human...

Sustainable South African organisations: need for change

by GilesFiles | Jul 2, 2009 | Reforms required | 0 |

Dr Sutherland, a senior lecturer in Human Resources (HR) at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), has made a valuable and substantial contribution to the need for a change in a BusinessDay article on 24 June 2009...