Haringey Council saves with measurement

Measuring human capital effectively has helped Haringey Council to make efficiencies and “put HR issues on the same footing as financial issues”, according to Steve Davies, head of HR.

Davies told PM that human capital measurement was not just about measuring a person’s performance, but about “how effective our organisation is at managing people performance on a whole host of issues, such as sickness rates and keeping agency worker costs down”.
 

Language does not simply reflect what is going on in organisational life: it also influences what people think and what they do

Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School