Edward Liddy, chief executive of AIG, warned last month that the insurer would be unable to "attract and retain the best and brightest talent" if the US government imposed curbs on executive pay. When the top management of a company kept alive by a $170bn bail-out speaks like that, we get a sense of just how resilient the ideology of talent has become within the corporate world. However, the causes and severity of this recession threaten this ideology's credibility - with potentially considerable consequences for management and the workplace.
美國國際集團(AIG)首席執行官愛德華?李迪(Edward Liddy)上個月警告稱,如果美國政府對高管薪酬施加限制,那么該公司將無法“吸引并留住最優秀和最聰明的人才”。當一家依靠1700億美元紓困資金存活的公司的高層說出這樣的話時,我們意識到,人才觀在企業界已變得多么具有彈性。然而,這場衰退的起因和嚴重程度令這一觀念的可信性受到威脅,這可能會給管理和職場帶來巨大影響。