Making Human Capital Analytics Work: Measuring the Roi of Human Capital Processes and Outcomes - Hardcover

by Jack Phillips (Author), Patricia Pulliam Phillips (Author)

PROVE THE VALUE OF YOUR HR PROGRAM WITH HARD DATA

While corporate leaders may well know the value of human capital, they don't always understand the extent to which the HR function contributes to the bottom line. So when times get tough and business budgets get cut, HR departments often take the first hit.

In this groundbreaking guide, the cofounders of ROI Institute, Jack Phillips and Patti Phillips, provide the tools and techniques you need to use analytics to show top decision makers the value of HR in your organization.

Focusing on three types of analytics--descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive--Making Human Capital Analytics Work shows how you can apply analytics by:

• Developing relationships between variables
• Predicting the success of HR programs
• Determining the cost of intangibles that are otherwise diffi cult to value
• Showing the business value of particular HR programs
• Calculating and forecasting the ROI of various HR projects and programs

Much more than a guide to using data collection and analysis, Making Human Capital Analytics Work is a template for spearheading large-scale change in your organization by dramatically influencing your department's overall image within the organization.

The authors take you step-by-step through the processes of using hard data to drive decisions and demonstrate the tangible value of HR.

You know that your department is more than administrative and transactional--that it's an integral player in your company's strategy. Apply the lessons in Making Human Capital Analytics Work and ensure that all other stakeholders know too.

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In today's business climate of shrinking budgets and increased scrutiny of departmental value, you need to prove with inarguable data that HR is a strategic partner in the company's pursuit of profit and growth.

Making Human Capital Analytics Work shows how to use data to drive decisions and build support for the HR function through the use of analytics. It's the ideal guide for anyone involved directly or indirectly with HR, including:

• HR Executives -- prove your department's worth to the company
• Project Funders -- determine the value of what you're investing in
• Analytics Practitioners -- execute more credible studies and reports
• Business Managers -- improve your HR support functions
• Consultants -- get a step ahead of your competitors

Increasing automation and outsourcing of the HR function are threatening the benefits delivered by HR departments staffed with smart and passionate professionals. If this trend goes unchallenged, very real harm will be done to organizations.

Do yourself, your department, and your field a valuable service by reading and applying the lessons of Making Human Capital Analytics Work.

Author Biography

Jack Phillips, PhD, (Birmingham, AL) is the founder of the ROI Institute and author or editor of more than 60 books. He conducts workshops, provides consulting services, and speaks at conferences globally.
Patricia Pulliam Phillps, PhD, (Birmingham, AL) is president and CEO of the ROI Institute, Inc. She has authored or edited more than 30 books on measurement and evaluation. She regularly conducts workshops and provides consulting services worldwide.