The Most Valuable Organizational Resource

The most valuable resource are human beings. According to Peter Senge (1995), the learning organization is an organization, which includes individuals as valuable stakeholder of the organization, and places value their human resources. Senge identifies, personal mastery, mental models, building shared vision, team learning, are all related to systems thinking and how leaders, managers can empower their most valuable resource. When resouces are not valued or cared for the resource is wasted. Talent not utilized is wasted. The principles of Lean demonstrates the importance of value streams for the customer, the internal customer happens to be the most valuable resource of the organization which is it's employees. Most large organizations have labor managment units. According to Mitchell and Gamlem (2012), "the cornerstone of employee relations is not about rules. It is about an organizational culture that treats people fairly, professionally, and respectfully.  The authors also suggest leaders have reqular and open communications to foster respect and trust. Leaders who do not communication, but dictate lose the respect of the most value resource. Leaders who use passive aggressive techniques destroy the foundation of the organization, by tearing down the most valuable resource of the organizations. Whether the culture is focused of values, or the fifth discipline of the learning organizaiton, the point is human resource is foundational for healthy, successful organizations.

References

Mitchell, B., & Gamlem, C. (2012). The Big Book of HR.

Senge, P. M. (2006). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. Broadway Business.