Hard lessons for soft factors

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In an article published in last week’s issue of RealDeals Humatica’s Andros Payne explores what the Volkswagen value collapse says about knowledge worker behaviour, productivity and control. “Who is responsible, and what should be done to avoid such corporate malfeasance in the future?”

Read “Hard lessons for soft factors” here: RealDeals October 2015

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