Leveraging Human Capital: A Practitioner’s Perspective
- 1st ed.
- New Delhi McGraw Hill 2016
- 257
Leveraging Human Capital is a practitioner’s account of the ‘business of managing people’ . It offers a thoughtful and reflective overview of the modern employment landscape and what mental models and mind sets might be used to make work more productive and humane.
This book examines the challenges involved in leveraging human capital to make financial capital productive and value accreting. It combines author’s years of experience with works of scholars and everyday business situations to stimulate thinking on how leaders can motivate and channelize their human capital to create disproportionate returns. Discussion on topics like Human Ability and Converting Potential into Performance makes it a timeless read- without being limited to a single era or a single culture.
Chapter 1 : A Peep Through the Looking Glass: The Evolution of Business and HR Chapter 2 : A Relook at Motivation and Satisfaction Chapter 3 : Understanding Human Capability Chapter 4 : Human Learning Chapter 5 : Making Sense of Culture Chapter 6 : The Many Nuances of Nurturing Chapter 7 : A Few Truths and the Many Myths of Performance Chapter 8 : Leadership Retold Chapter 9 : Bringing it all Together – The Busby Way to Leveraging Human Capital
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Organizational effectiveness Organizational learning Human capital