A Post Is Usually Approved Because The Institution Has Work That Must Be Done. Responsibility Must Be Held, Decisions Must Be Made, And Continuity Must Be Protected.
Once A Person Occupies That Post, The Same Necessity Can Be Translated Into Cost. Salary, Benefits, And Headcount Become Visible. The Need That Justified The Role Remains, Yet The Human Being Carrying It Can Begin To Be Seen Primarily Through What Employment Requires.
This Is More Than A Financial Reclassification. Cost Is Easy To Record Because It Enters A Budget. Reliability, Judgement, Trust, Knowledge, Continuity, And The Possibility A Person Creates For Others Often Remain Outside The Same Record.
A More Human Institution Does Not Ignore Cost. It Refuses To Let Cost Become The Full Meaning Of A Presence The Work Was Created To Need.
A Post Explains Why The Work Is Needed. A Cost Records What The Employee Requires. Neither, Alone, Reveals What Their Presence Makes Possible.

