Human capital : what it is and why people invest it

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    • Davenport, Thomas O.
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Human capital : what it is and why people invest it

Thomas O. Davenport

(The Jossey-Bass business & management series)

Jossey-Bass, c1999

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780470436813

Description

No longer mere company "assets," today's in-demand workers have become free agents who can and do invest their ability, behavior, and energy-their human capital-in the companies of their choice. And the companies they choose, the companies that will win in the marketplace, will be the ones that know how to create and deliver the best return on that investment. In this book, author Thomas O. Davenport explores the dynamics of this emerging workplace phenomenon and describes specific strategies that companies and workers can use to build mutually beneficial relationships in the new knowledge economy.

Table of Contents

Preface The Author 1 Worker as Investor: A New Metaphor 3 2 Human Capital Investments and Returns 17 3 Human Capital and Competitive Strategy 44 4 Hiring Human Capital Investors 65 5 Setting the Stage Through Workplace Environment 94 6 Paving the Way for High Investment 121 7 Building Human Capital 143 8 Holding On to Human Capital Investors 169 9 Optimizing and Measuring Human Capital Investment 202 Notes 227 Index 243
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ISBN 9780787940157

Description

No longer mere company "assets," today's in-demand workers have become free agents who can and do invest their ability, behavior, and energy-their human capital-in the companies of their choice. And the companies they choose, the companies that will win in the marketplace, will be the ones that know how to create and deliver the best return on that investment. In this book, author Thomas O. Davenport explores the dynamics of this emerging workplace phenomenon and describes specific strategies that companies and workers can use to build mutually beneficial relationships in the new knowledge economy.

Table of Contents

  • PROVIDING CONTEXT
  • Worker as Investor: A New Metaphor
  • Human Capital Investments and Returns
  • Human Capital Competitive Strategy
  • TAKING ACTION
  • Hiring Human Capital Investors
  • Setting the Stage Through Workplace Environment
  • Paving the Way for High Investment
  • Building Human Capital
  • Holding On to Human Capital Investors
  • Optimizing and Measuring Human Capital Investment.

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  • NCID
    BA44301959
  • ISBN
    • 0787940151
    • 9780470436813
  • LCCN
    98045840
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    San Francisco
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 251 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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