Delivering on the Promise: How to Attract, Manage and Retain Human Capital
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (951 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0684856581 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Hatch is a parner in Arthur Andersen's Metro New York Human Capital Services Practice, and a frequent lecturer. Friedman is Global Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen's Human Capital Services Practice in London. James A. David M. Walker is a Partner and Global Managing Director of Arthur Andersen's Hum
The consultants at Arthur Andersen, under a motto proclaiming they "realize the value of people," have been focusing on this so-called human capital side of business through a proprietary approach that's based upon their experiences with firms like Land Rover Vehicles, IBM, Mobil Oil, and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. Individual chapters follow the five stages of human-capital development as identified in Anderson's "Five Squared" program: clarification, assessment, design, implementation, and monitoring. Walker present a step-by-step exploration of the process and what it may mean to businesses in the future; along the way they explain how to evaluate existing personnel and personnel-related programs in relation to specific company goals and how to realign corporate
While research shows that investments in capital result in higher returns to shareholders, the question is how should these investments be made, and how can returns on these investments be measured? DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE reveals Arthur Andersen's proprietry, technically based methodology - called The Five Square Approach - that will enable any manager to measure, manage and leverage human capital. Now in the newest and most cost effective trend to hit the boardrooms, there is a concentrated effort to view employment n
"The Five Stages of Human Capital Appraisal." "Most companies have human resources personnel and various HR policies and programs", B. Friedman, J. Hatch, and D. M. Walker write, "but few companies know their value-or how to enhance it. In the view of too many corporate chiefs, HR managers are mere functionaries implementing programs that are no more than extra costs to be cut in. Some good points, but reads like a homework assigment There is one quote here which is worth the book price: "people are the only asset that does not show up on the balance sheet". This is a great way to start a dialog about the value of people.This book, written by a team from the then famous, and now infamous, "Arthur Anderson", includes the basic premise that people are a measurable a. A Customer said A rigorous investment perspective of the human organization.. The meaning of the term "human capital" is far from clearly established, but the authors press for the need to shift management's perspective of people from a supply or resource to being capital, requiring investment and valuation. With this view of organization as their springboard, the authors present a model for managing human capi