The New HR Analytics

Preface

This book was twenty-five years in the writing. It started in 1984, with the publication of my How to Measure Human Resources Management; it was augmented with Human Value Management six years later; and then the concept was updated ten years ago in The ROI of Human Capital. Those books chronicle the development of metrics in human resources from its inception in the 1970s to today. They have passed the test of time with second and third editions, and two were honored with Book of the Year Awards from the Society for Human Resource Management.

Now, The New HR Analytics is both the product of these endeavors and the look into the future. Although this book talks to human resources managers, it deals with the broader issue of human capital ...