HUMAN CAPITAL ANALYTICS: THE LEADING EDGE OF MEASUREMENT 185
Index Va lu e
The value of having a human capital financial index is that
it gives us the ability to uncover and understand the real
story of human value in organizations, devoid of media or
government hype. Given our knowledge of what has af-
fected the trend, and looking ahead at those factors, we
can begin to understand what the near-term future might
look like. From there, we can do a much more effective job
ofplanningapathtoprofitability.Ifweaddtothistype
of index a human economic value-added index, we would
understand in depth how much value, if any, was being
added to the national economy by human capital as op-
posed to equipment and facilities. If a company spends
$XX million on computerizin ...