Compare treating information as a resource to treating human as a resource?
When we treat information as a resource, we can use it in a lot
of useful ways. We gather the information and can plug it into a
form to make an article, or use it to perform a task, store it for
later use or historical record, and update or discard it when it is
obsolete.
When we treat humans as resources, then we might design more
efficient systems, but we also run the risk of dehumanizing the
workplace. We can use them for the information in their brains, but
we usually don't even do that. We just use them to perform a task.
People aren't things, to be discarded or replaced on a whim. When
we treat people better, their motivation and dedication often
increases, and we can get a lot productivity and insight and
creativity than if we treated them as plug-and-play component
resources. Maybe if we treated them more as non-renewable resources
it would be better... but treating them as humans is ideal. :)