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Human Capital
the employees of an organization. The term builds on the concept of capital as an asset of an organization, implying recognition of the importance and monetary worth of the skills...
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Mercer M&A Ready™ workshops address the human capital challenges in M&A transactions
Sessions are scheduled throughout the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific
Tags: human capital, M&A, Mercer
Research articles 2007-03-22
HBR IdeaCast: The New Science of Human Capital
There are frameworks in place to help managers make decisions in almost every area of their work â€" except talent management. John Boudreau explains how identifying the pivotal employees â€" the group for which talent improvements will make the biggest difference â€" and focusing efforts on them can have an...
Tags: Human Resources, BNET staff, Workforce Management, Human Capital, Talent
Blog posts 2008-02-06
Robert Lambert, Human Capital and Organizational Development Expert Joins No World Borders Advisory Board
PALO ALTO, Calif. & NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- No World Borders, Inc. (www.NoWorldBorders.com) a global consulting, human capital and outsourcing firm, today announced that Robert Lambert has joined the company's advisory board.
Tags: advisory board, board, Borders Books & Music, human capital
Research articles 2008-05-22
HBR IdeaCast: The Science of Human Capital
Julie Devoll, of the Harvard Business School Press, talks with John Boudreau, author of "Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital." More HBR IdeaCasts. Subscribe to HBR IdeaCast now via iTunes by BNET staff
Tags: BNET staff, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Human Capital
Blog posts 2008-01-09
Management Must-Reads
In business, as in life, the people who are the best at it are constantly learning. To this end, we here at BNET try and keep you up to date on the big ideas in business and point out worthy books that'll keep you informed. And because it's the start...
Tags: Human Resources, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Internet, Gender And Diversity, Human Capital, List, Business, Management, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2008-01-03
Best Business Books of 2007
The lists of the best business books of 2007 are coming thick and fast now.  Here are some of the highlights: Stanford Engineering professor Tom Kosnik has an updated, annotated list of business books, with his favorites highlighted in green. Kosnik's list. Amazon’s best...
Tags: Books, Amazon.com Inc., Business Week, Business Book, Kosnik, Human Capital, Entrepreneurship, Biotechnology, Investment, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Finance, Michael Fitzgerald
Blog posts 2007-12-15
Are You in Your Boss's Top Eight?
A crucial aspect of creating and maintaining an effective team is evaluating your employees and using that information to help both the team and the individual grow. To this end, an array of software suites is on the market to help harness your most important resources â€" the human ones....
Tags: Jeff Palfini, Employee Profile Software, Employee Profile, Software Suite, Compensation, Team, Software, Social Networking, Tools & Techniques, Team management, Human capital, Benefits
Blog posts 2007-08-30
Accenture Report Shows How Investing in Human Capital Increases Corporate Productivity and Revenue Growth
A new book by Montgomery Research and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) on the value of human capital management explores the links between human performance and business performance, including how investing in human capital processes can increase productivity and revenue growth.
Tags: Accenture Ltd., human capital
Research articles 2005-05-03
CyberU Offers Enterprises the First Fully-Integrated, On-Demand Human Capital Management Suite to Bridge the Gap Between Organizational Development and Performance
CyberU, the leading provider of on-demand applications for human capital management HCM, today announced the launch of the industry's first integrated, on-demand HCM suite that bridges the gap between employee development and performance. With CyberU's Cornerstone OnDemand suite, enterprises can now leverage the next generation of human capital software...
Tags: human capital, human capital management, on-demand, performance
Research articles 2004-11-17
Human Capital Expert Dr. Jac Fitz-enz and SuccessFactors Prove That Smarter Human Capital Management Leads to Better Financial Performance
Industry-First Study Examines 40 Companies to Show a Direct Correlation Between Smart Human Capital Management Practices and Financial Performance
Tags: Financial Performance, human capital, human capital management, SuccessFactors Inc.
Research articles 2006-12-05
Lori Sweere Komstadius Joins UnitedHealth Group as Executive Vice President Human Capital
MINNEAPOLIS -- UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) today announced that Lori Sweere Komstadius has been appointed executive vice president, Human Capital. Ms. Sweere will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of human resources, including compensation and benefits, talent management, leadership and employee development, rewards and recognition and organization development. Previously, Ms. Sweere...
Tags: human capital, UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Research articles 2007-05-17
SumTotal Systems President Kevin Oakes to Keynote Global Session at Human Capital 2005 Tokyo
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- SumTotalTM Systems (NASDAQ:SUMTE), the largest provider of learning and business performance technologies and services, today announced that company president Kevin Oakes will keynote a global plenary session at the upcoming Human Capital 2005 Tokyo, Japan's largest human capital development show, held this year at the Tokyo...
Tags: human capital
Research articles 2005-07-22
Independent Research Firm Describes Softscape as Offering All Four Pillars of Strategic Human Capital Management
WAYLAND, Mass. -- Softscape, the industry expert in people management technology, today announced that Forrester Research cited Softscape as a vendor who offers a full strategic human capital management HCM suite of technology solutions in its May 2007 Learning and Talent Management Join Forces report. Of the 18 vendors included...
Tags: human capital, human capital management, Softscape Inc.
Research articles 2007-04-16
Softscape Presents Latest Innovations in Human Capital Management at its 2006 Global Customer Conference
WAYLAND, Mass. -- Softscape, the industry pioneer in intelligent people management, today announced the start of its Annual Global Customer Conference. The four-day event brings together industry thought leaders, HR professionals, domain experts, and innovators from around the globe to share industry best practices for improving workforce planning, hiring, performance,...
Tags: human capital management, human capital, Softscape Inc.
Research articles 2006-04-18
The Middle Market is Slow to Adopt Human Capital Management Functions Due to a Lack of Perceived Business Value, says Aberdeen Group Report
BOSTON -- Despite the fact that more than half of the middle market companies outsource some portion of their human capital management HCM programs, seventy-one percent of middle-market companies do not perceiver human resource outsourcing as having enough value to add to what they outsource today, says a report by...
Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., human capital, human capital management, Middle Market
Research articles 2004-10-12
Driving Strategic Success Through Human Capital Planning: How Corning Links Business and HR Strategy to Improve the Value and Impact of Its HR Function
The HR function at Corning, Incorporated, considers human capital planning HCP a critical business process because of its transformational impact on the value the function delivers to the business and the way it delivers that value. With HCP, HR has theThe HR function at Corning, Incorporated, considers human capital planning...
Tags: Corning Inc., human capital, Human Resources
Research articles 2005-01-01
Red Hat Names Mary Sutton Vice President of Human Capital
Business Editors
Tags: human capital, Red Hat Inc.
Research articles 2002-01-15
Per capita income, human capital, and inequality convergence: A latent-variable approach
The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze determinants of income-level convergence. Specifically, the effect of human capital on per capita income is estimated for 22 countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD. Additionally, the effects of openness in international trade and investment and government expenditures...
Tags: human capital, income, OECD
Research articles 2003-01-01
Bringing human capital to the forefront at USDA: the HR director of a major federal department offers a case illustration of how human capital management is supporting the goals of the President's management agenda
Imagine a 100,000-person organization that is composed of 340 different occupations being transformed into a cohesive, nimble agency ready to respond quickly and strategically to change. This was our vision at the Department of Agriculture USDA when we began a process that altered how we prepared for our future.
Tags: human capital, human capital management, Human Resources, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2003-06-22
Labor Department Achieves Highest Rating for Strategic Management of Human Capital
WASHINGTON, May 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor DOL recently achieved the highest rating for the Strategic Management of Human Capital component of the President's Management Agenda. The Office of Management and Budget OMB raised tWASHINGTON, May 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor...
Tags: human capital, strategic management, U.S. Department of Labor
Research articles 2004-05-19
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