Optimize Human Capital Investments

Optimize Human Capital Investments
Author: Frank J. DiBernardino
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2012-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781457513800

Making the "hard" business case for human capital investments isone of HR's greatest challenges. In this groundbreaking work, human capital analytics and strategy expert Frank DiBernardino provides a powerful method that links human capital investment performance with shareholder value. Using the formulas and methods described in this book will change the nature of the conversation about human resource initiatives in the C-suite. They will help HR build a "hard" business case linked to the financials that demonstrate the measurable value of people-centered initiatives. Praise for Optimize Human Capital Investments"The Vienna Index is an excellent and efficient tool to capture and analyze the true cost and productivity of all of the human capital engaged in the organization. The Vienna approach provides reliable, comprehensive and complete measurement that is consistent globally. It is the future of human capital analytics. "Thomas P. Clardy Formerly Senior Vice President Human Resources, QVC "As a former CFO who relied heavily on metrics to help support the management of disparate businesses, I welcome Frank DiBernardino's contribution to the management toolkit. For too long, managers have been limited by their inability to quantify, at an organizational level, the contribution of their human capital to the success of their business. With this book, Frank introduces us to a new way to measure and track our progress toward improving not only the efficiency, but also the effectiveness of an organization's human capital." Frank C. Zirnkilton, Jr.Managing Director Broad Reach Management LLC In my leadership role with the Graduate programs in Human Resource Development at Villanova, I am continually seeking innovations that will provide strategic advantage for human resource executives.Frank DiBernardino has provided a breakthrough contribution with the formulas and analytic methods described in Optimize Human Capital Investments. Frank has made the "hard" business case for human capital investments. HR leaders can use Frank's important contributions to the human capital analytics body of knowledge as the basis for making their own advancement to quantifying human capital. David P. Bush Ph.D.Director, Graduate Programs in Human Resource Development Villanova University

New Perspectives on Human Resource Management (Routledge Revivals)

New Perspectives on Human Resource Management (Routledge Revivals)
Author: John Storey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2014-11-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 131758046X

The idea of human resource management has become topical and controversial. The term suggests that people in any organization are an asset to be upgraded and fully utilized rather than merely a variable cost to be minimized. This in turn implies that the way in which people are managed is a matter of crucial strategic concern. Increased international competition has produced various initiatives world-wide for new approaches to management, in particular human resource management. This searching set of interpretations, first published in 1983, will be of interest to serious practitioners and students alike.

Creating Value Through People

Creating Value Through People
Author: Mercer, LLC
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2009-01-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470124156

Practical guidance on how to empower people to do their best. Filled with stories by and fascinating interviews with human capital innovators, Making a Difference Through People provides practical guidance on how to empower people to deliver their best performance by employing their guiding principles. Offering relevant strategies and tactics, each interview is preceded by an introduction that provides a biographical recap and a brief discussion of each innovator. Mercer is the global leader for trusted HR and related financial advice, products and services. They work with clients at enhancing the financial and retirement security, health, productivity and employment relationships of the global workforce. M. Michele Burns is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mercer Prior to being named Chairman and CEO of Mercer, Ms. Burns held the position of Chief Financial Officer for MMC.

Human Capital Investment

Human Capital Investment
Author: Harriet Duleep
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2021-04-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030470830

In 1965, a family-reunification policy for admitting immigrants to the United States replaced a system that chose immigrants based on their national origin. With this change, a 40-year hiatus in Asian immigration ended. Today, over three-quarters of US immigrants originate from Asia and Latin America. Two issues that dominate discussions of US immigration policy are the progress of post-reform immigrants and their contributions to the US economy. This book focuses on the earnings and human capital investment of Asian immigrants to the US after 1965. In addition, it provides a primer on studying immigrant economic assimilation, by explaining economists’ methodology to measure immigrant earnings growth and the challenges with this approach. The book also illustrates strategies to more fully use census data such as how to measure family income and how to use “panel data” that is embedded in the census. The book is a historical study as well as an extremely timely work from a policy angle. The passage of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act set the United States apart among economically developed countries due to the weight given to family unification. Based on analyses by economists—which suggest that the quality of immigrants to the US fell after the 1965 law—policymakers have called for fundamental changes in the US system to align it with the immigration systems of other countries. This book offers an alternative view point by proposing a richer model that incorporates investments in human capital by immigrants and their families. It challenges the conventional model in three ways: First, it views the decline in immigrants’ entry earnings after 1965 as due to investment in human capital, not to permanently lower “quality.” Second, it adds human capital investment and earnings growth after entry to the model. And finally, by taking investments by family members into account, it challenges the policy recommendation that immigrants should be selected for their occupational qualifications rather than family connections.

The New HR Analytics

The New HR Analytics
Author: Jac FITZ-ENZ
Publisher: AMACOM
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2010-05-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814416446

Using Fitz-enz’s proprietary analytic model, you will be equipped to measure and evaluate past and current returns and apply the information to make predictions about the future value of human capital investments. In his landmark book, The ROI of Human Capital, Jac Fitz-enz presented a system of powerful metrics for quantifying the contributions of individual employees to a company’s bottom line. Now, in The New HR Analytics, he reveals how human resources professionals can apply this expense-based knowledge to make the most strategic staffing decisions for their companies. You’ll learn how to: evaluate and prioritize the skills needed to sustain performance; build an agile workforce through flexible Capability Planning; determine how the organization can stimulate and reward behaviors that matter; apply a proven succession planning strategy that leverages employee engagement and drives top-line revenue growth; and recognize risks and formulate responses that avoid surprises. Brimming with real-world examples and input from thirty top HR practitioners and thought leaders as well as exclusive analytical tools, The New HR Analytics ushers in a new era in human resources and human capital management.

The New Human Capital Strategy

The New Human Capital Strategy
Author: Bradley W. Hall
Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780814409596

It is often said that the only true source of sustained competitive advantage is people. But what does that mean and how can this be measured and managed? How many organizations know whether their human capital outperforms their competitors', or even whether it improves year-over-year? And what is the strategy for continually improving that performance? The New Human Capital Strategy is a roadmap for delivering measurable business results by systematically improving the performance of those in roles most important to customers and shareholders. Proposing a radical shift in the way organizations measure and manage their people, the book asserts that competitive advantage is a function of four areas of strength: Effective executive teams, leaders who deliver results, outperforming competitors in key positions and workforce performance. Using examples, research, and metrics, this essential guide provides readers with a system for ensuring that their people are more valuable this year than the last.

Investing in Your Company's Human Capital

Investing in Your Company's Human Capital
Author: Jack J. Phillips
Publisher: Amacom Books
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780814428948

A thorough explanation of human investment options from which an executive can make a better decision. -- Jac Fitz-enz, from the Foreword

Human Capital Investment

Human Capital Investment
Author: Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Investment in human capital is to the fore of debate and analysis in OECD countries about how to promote economic prosperity, fuller employment, and social cohesion. Individuals, organisations and nations increasingly recognise that high levels of know

Creating Value in Financial Services

Creating Value in Financial Services
Author: Edward L. Melnick
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1461546052

Creating Value in Financial Services is a compilation of state-of-the-art views of leading academics and practitioners on how financial service firms can succeed in today's competitive environment. The book is based on two conferences held at New York University: the first, `Creating Value in Financial Services', held in March 1997, and the second, `Operations and Productivity in Financial Services', in April 1998. The book is essentially designed to be a compendium of leading edge thinking and practice in the management of financial services firms. There is no book today that has this focus. It contains ideas that can apply to other service industries. Topics addressed are increasingly important worldwide as the financial services industries consolidate and search for innovative new directions and ways to create value in a fiercely competitive environment.