The Last Great Opportunity - The Human Capital Advantage
- Topics:
- Human Capital
- Tags:
- Human Capital,
- Human Resources,
- Mercer Human Resource Consulting,
- Payroll Solutions,
- Recruitment & Selection,
- Workforce,
- Workforce Management
- Source:
- Mercer Human Resource Consulting
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Overview: What return does a company get on the investment it makes in its workforce, or 'Human capital'? Is it exceptional, marginal, or negative? Unfortunately, most companies seldom ask that question, or know how to answer it, and so it is frequently ignored. It is also why human capital is the biggest investment about which companies know the least. The reason executives know so little about their human assets isn't lack of interest or concern. Indeed, CEOs and senior managers spend most of their time dealing with people problems. The problem has been their inability to measure, assess, and predict the outcomes of workforce tactics in the same manner as other parts of the business. The tools have simply not been available.
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Format: HTML | Date: Nov 2005 | Pages: 4
