People : the new asset on the balance sheet

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Title:

People : the new asset on the balance sheet

Author:

DiVanna, Joseph A.

ISBN:

9781403936899

Personal Author:

DiVanna, Joseph A.

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Physical Description:

xviii, 196 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Contents:

1. The personalization of value -- 2. Fluidity in a dynamic marketplace -- 3. The new balance sheet -- Conclusion : the agenda for action.

Abstract:

"People - The New Asset on the Balance Sheet is a new book about human resources which departs from the traditional pioneering works by Sveiby, Kaplan and Norton, Edvinsson and Fitz-enz, amongst others, so as to offer a fresh methodology for the valuation of human capital, one which can be found more current and more applicable in today's global economy. The book, based on three years' research using many UK and US companies' HR departments, offers to business professionals several practical approaches to improve the operations of their companies and optimize the processes that comprise the firm's value proposition. Moreover, this book aims to demonstrate that measuring human capital is not a subjective exercise for academics, but rather a fundamental business requirement for the next decade of competition."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Human capital.

Productivity accounting.

Industrial productivity -- Management.

Added Author:

Rogers, Jay V., 1950-

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol059/2004056750.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol054/2004056750.html Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol052/2004056750.html
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Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol052/2004056750.html

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Job migration across international boundaries and jobless economic "recoveries" are the latest disruptions in the workplace's human equation. To help policy makers, employers and employees to address these issues, Divanna and Rogers propose a more rigorous approach to Human Capital. They point out that the emergence of stronger measures, management techniques and balance sheet valuations was a key enabler to the emergence of dynamic financial capital markets and international exchanges. This book puts forth a framework for measuring, managing and negotiating issues of human business value. It looks at how policymakers, employers and employees can achieve common ground when productivity threatens job loss or avoid the zero sum view that pits international trade against domestic employment.