Human capital comprises the talents, aptitudes, and skill sets of a group of individuals within an organization, recognizing that these can be improved through training and strategic investment. Within the context of government, human capital takes on a level of importance that cannot be understated. Agencies whose continuity...
Published: Feb 12, 2013
No longer a luxury item, business intelligence (BI) applications are required to optimize corporate profits and performance. The most valuable BI systems pull data from across the enterprise and present information to users in a meaningful way to improve decision-making. This white paper explores the advantages of investing...
Published: Jun 01, 2009
Businesses today must keep pace with unprecedented change. Some can react quickly, while others struggle. What separates the winners from the losers?
“The New Game Plan for Strategic Planning” is the product of HBR’s in-depth research. The report includes interviews with industry experts, analysis...
Published: Jun 07, 2017
What value does Skillsoft training provide to individuals and organisations? We asked the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) Metrics that Matter, the world’s largest learning analytics firm, to conduct an independent study to answer this question.
Their key findings demonstrate that Skillsoft learning provides...
Published: Aug 10, 2016
Employees taking time off because they're unwell is part and parcel of running a business. But being at the mercy of the lost productivity and spiraling costs that goes with it doesn't have to be.
In this whitepaper we take a look at the things you can do to monitor and manage your employees' sickness...
Published: Sep 01, 2015
Few senior executives would knowingly do something in their companies to lose $3.5 million for every $5 million they invested in a project. Yet this is the exact loss experienced by most American companies today for each employee they send overseas. In the book co-authored with my colleague Bill Ayres—Carry a Chicken...
Published: Apr 01, 2012
Creating value is the most important objective of every organization, but it is also the hardest to define. Creating shareholder value is perhaps the most tangible way of looking at value creation. We can look at the market capitalization, net present value of expected dividend streams, and the share price. Maybe the fact...
Published: Mar 01, 2011
The role of those in charge of employees in a company have various methods that can be used to help make the company and all employees better suited for one another. It is typically through benefits, salary and work environment that employees become better workers and more loyal to a firm. This, however, can be supported...
Published: Mar 29, 2013
A fourteenth century proverb “from little acorns do mighty oaks grow” beautifully encapsulates the aspirations of business managers and investors all around the globe. But growth is not inevitable. Statistically the odds are stacked against sustainable (profitable) growth.
Published: Jan 15, 2011
Enterprises need to ensure users have sufficient access privileges to perform their job functions, but for compliance and security reasons it’s also important to constrain such access. Accordingly, enterprises must make it easy for users to acquire access, and also easy for managers, resource owners, and system administrators...
Published: Jul 01, 2012
Save time and get better results with this powerful, easy-to-use recruitment system that lets you publish vacancies online and manage your complete recruitment process with ease.
Published: Nov 08, 2014
By 2020 customer experience will overtake price and products as the key brand differentiator.¹ This is especially relevant to the travel industry, in which a sea of digital resources is raising the competition. To win the hearts of travelers, you need to listen, respond, and inspire.
Published: Sep 21, 2014
Engaged employees are a company’s greatest competitive advantage. Retaining top talent may require you to reconsider the way you think about employee engagement today. Frankly, in today’s business environment, your company isn’t your employees’ only option
Published: Dec 09, 2013
Despite spending millions each year to hire people, companies around the world are failing to transform quality talent into effective and engaged employees.
When a business makes a job offer, a lot can happen in the time between the employee accepting and starting a new role. Onboarding, as this period of time is...
Published: May 22, 2018