2. Human Capital Management –
What it is ?
Human Capital =
The sum of a workforce‟s skills, knowledge and
experience
Human Capital Management =
A strategic responsibility increasingly shared by
all an organisation‟s leaders
A strategic approach to marshalling, managing
and maintaining the human capital needed to
maximise organisational performance.
3. H C M Cornerstones
Leadership
Commitment to HCM
Role of HC Function
Strategic Human Capital Planning
Integration and Alignment
Data-driven HC Decisions
Acquiring, Developing and Retaining Talent
Targeted Investment in People
HC approaches tailored to meet organisational needs
Results-oriented Organisational Cultures
Empowerment and Inclusiveness
Performance linked to organisatioanl goals
4. H C M – Fundamental Principles
People are assets whose value can be enhanced
through investment. The goal is to maximise value
while managing risk.
An organisation‟s Human Capital approaches
should be designed, implemented and assessed by
the standard of how well they help the organisation
achieve results and pursue its mission
Source: United States General Accounting Office – March 2002
5. So What is Different??
No longer the sole province of the HR Function
Increasing shift from “talk” to “walk” for all
disciplines
HR traditionally seen as a cost centre but is
increasingly being seen as a strategic partner
The business realities:
Collaboration and teamwork at Executive Levels in
organisations
Collective input to Corporate Strategy at senior levels
Increasing multidisciplinary exposure
The push towards „value-added‟
6. HCM in Context – evolving realities
DISEASE / PANDEMICS / HIV-AIDS
Loss of productive capacity
the dead
the living
Cost of care
Individual
National (allocation of resources)
Impact on the young human capital (orphans)
Replacement costs
FTAA and CSME
Mobility
Competition for scarce resources (loss and cost)
7. Imperatives for Action at all levels
Regional
National
Professional Discipline
Organisational
Managerial
Individual – Family
HCM is a societal issue manifesting itself and
creating a mandate for action in all spheres
9. Revisiting HCM Cornerstones
Strategic Human Capital Planning
Integration and Alignment
Data-drive Human Capital Decisions
Staying alert and constantly checking
Utilising a Strategic Thinking Framework
What‟s happening? (exploring perspectives)
What does it mean? (discerning significance)
What might we do? (envisioning possibilities)
10. Revisiting HCM Cornerstones
Acquiring, Developing, Retaining Talent
Targeted investment in people
HC approaches tailored to meet organisational needs
Conversations about “win-win” development
Profitability of the “human spirit”
Creative action at critical leverage points
Identifying key issues
Connecting with “touchstone” people
11. Revisiting HCM Cornerstones
Results-Oriented Organisational Cultures
Empowerment and Inclusiveness
Performance linked to goals
Creating Architecture
Freedom within Frameworks
Expectations and consequences
Empowerment
Choice
Competence
Meaningfulness
Progress
12. The Way Forward
Let us take our professional leadership
responsibility, guided by our personal
understanding and commitment and
make a difference in the way we manage
our Human Capital across the region!!
Our future, our organisations, our people
need our action!!