{
  "title": "Prioritisation: why does preventive work lose out to immediate results?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-pourquoi-la-prevention-perd-face-aux-resultats-immediats-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-05-10",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Preventive work rarely produces a visible result on the day it is done. That time lag deserves examination before the work is judged less important.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Vevey",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Shane Frederick, George Loewenstein and Ted O’Donoghue (2002, Journal of Economic Literature) show in a critical review that intertemporal choices cannot be reduced to a stable preference for the present."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Immediacy is not just another delay",
      "point": "Samuel McClure, David Laibson, George Loewenstein and Jonathan Cohen (2004, Science) studied choices between monetary rewards available at different times."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The tempting conclusion",
      "point": "It would be tempting to conclude that managers should always protect the long term against today's demands."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot decide",
      "point": "Experimental monetary choices cannot determine what proportion of a schedule should be devoted to prevention."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Vevey",
      "point": "In Vevey, across activities connected with the global food industry, corporate headquarters and SMEs on the Riviera, SHR's “[Time Management & Prioritisation](/formation-gestion-du-temps-vevey)” programme could propose a four-week test: track a list of non-mandatory preventive tasks, excluding safety and compliance requirements."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "O’Donoghue",
      "year": "2002",
      "source": "Journal of Economic Literature"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Cohen",
      "year": "2004",
      "source": "Science"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 420,
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    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-pourquoi-la-prevention-perd-face-aux-resultats-immediats-en",
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  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation-gestion-du-temps-vevey",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/vevey",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}