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integrated dashboards and a futures dashboard template.
These do not take the place of standard reports. Rather,
their purpose is to provide management at middle and top
levels with a sharply focused report on the state of key
human capital and process goals and objectives. Since exec-
utives have a large number of units to supervise, they need
a quick-look model that tells them at a glance where there
might be trouble spots. By having both accounting’s back-
ward report on recent results and human capital measure-
ment’s forward view of what might be coming, management
has a better sense of what to do next to develop or maintain
a competitive advantage.
Referen ce s
1. Nick Bontis, ‘‘Human ...