The Talent Game by Brian Davis, Ph.D. in CEO
Organizations are beginning to understand that paying attention to their human capital is essential if they are to remain competitive. Yet they still have some way to go and some difficult challenges to face before they can be confident of dealing with human capital as effectively as they do finance, marketing or other corporate functions.
Brian Davis, executive vice president of Personnel Decisions International (PDI), a leading human resources consulting firm, believes that for organizations to be successful, they need to compete in three markets.
‘They need to compete for financial capital to get the funding they need in order to implement their organizational strategy, for customers in the consumer market and employees in the human capital market.
‘I think companies are attending to the human capital strategy element, but the level of sophistication is way behind other areas, such as finance and marketing.’ Read more