The Cost of Talent - by Derek Bok (Paperback)

Name: The Cost of Talent - by Derek Bok (Paperback)
Brand: Free Press
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Known for his extensive writings on professional ethics, law, and labor relations, Derek Bok returns with a persuasive claim that the compensation being paid to top executives, lawyers, and doctors cannot be justified in the most revealing study done yet regarding the compensation practices in various professional fields.
About the Author: Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University, is a lawyer and educator.
352 Pages
Business + Money Management, Human Resources & Personnel Management

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Known for his extensive writings on professional ethics, law, and labor relations, Derek Bok returns with a persuasive claim that the compensation being paid to top executives, lawyers, and doctors cannot be justified in the most revealing study done yet regarding the compensation practices in various professional fields.

As the American economy becomes more complex, the demand for able, highly educated people increases constantly with a steady growth of importance. But when considering the leverage of high pay and extravagant benefits, it is possible that talented individuals will be lost to the appeal of exaggerated compensation, putting the work that they are completing in danger.

Bok argues that compensation paid to top executives, lawyers, doctors, and economists does not offer a significant benefit, nor is there evidence that large bonuses and other financial incentives produce better work. Additionally, he presents the concept that the lucrative rewards of Wall Street, elite law firms, and medical specialties deprive poorly paid but vital teaching and public service professions of desperately needed talent.

The Cost of Talent asserts that America must enter a new period of national development by rethinking the values, motivations, and priorities that are reflected in our compensation practices in order to better serve the nation's long-term interests.

About the Author

Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University, is a lawyer and educator. Over the course of his career, he studied at Stanford University, Harvard Law School, George Washington University, and Science Po. He is the son of Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice, Curtis Bok.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.05 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 352

Genre: Business + Money Management

Sub-Genre: Human Resources & Personnel Management

Publisher: Free Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Derek Bok

Language: English

Street Date: January 15, 2002

TCIN: 91221203

UPC: 9780743236324

Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-3181

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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