A bird in the hand

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to warn against organisations failing to value their intellectual capital in pursuit of elusive outside human resources.

Design/methodology/approach

Satirical poem.

Findings

Organisations can be better served by valuing and cultivating their existing human resources.

Originality/value

Points to the risk of non‐replacement of departed key management staff.

Citation

Parker, L. (2009), "A bird in the hand", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 22 No. 7, pp. 1150-1150. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513570920987439