Strategic Human Capital Management : Creating Value Through People

Human capital management (HCM) provides the key to unlocking great business performance. It focuses an organization's people management and development practices on maximizing the capability and engagement of all the people working for the organization. This creates valuable intangible capability, human capital, which enables the organization to take full advantage of potential business opportunities. Jon Ingham is encouraged by the new thinking that has emerged in the area of human capital management. However, he believes that there is too much focus on the measurement of value created by HCM rather than the creation of that value. This book rebalances the agenda and brings a new, more strategic and more people-centred perspective to this increasingly important area.