The Human Capital Edge: 21 People Management Practices Your Company Must Implement (or Avoid) to Maximize Shareholder Value. This item is unavailable.The Human Capital Edge: 21 People Management Practices Your Company Must Implement (or Avoid) to Maximize Shareholder Value

Global HR consulting firm Watson Wyatt has conducted a large body of research on 30 different human capital management practices showing, for the first time, how these practices can raise or lower the stock price of a company-and by how much. This research, which has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the New York Times, is the foundation of The Human Capital Edge, and brings a new level of sophistication and measurement-based precision to the too-often fuzzy world of management books.

Note: All three authors are in the top 15 senior executives among the 5000 employees of Watson Wyatt Worldwide. Authors Ira Kay and Eric Longren report directly to the CEO of Watson Wyatt. Bruce N. Pfau, Ph.D., is the National Practice Director of Organization Assessment & Performance for Watson Wyatt Worldwide. He is the director of the firm's Human Capital Index and WorkUSA research. WorkUSA is the largest, statistically representative and most up-to-date survey in existence on the attitudes of American workers. Dr. Pfau is also the author of the 1997 Fortune monograph, Human Resources Lessons from the World's Most Admired Companies. An internally recognized expert on employee motivation, corporate culture and organization measurement, Dr. Pfau has held executive positions at the Hay Group and The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. Ira T. Kay, Ph.D., is the Director of the U.S. Compensation Practice at Watson Wyatt Worldwide. He specializes in helping clients use compensation programs to create higher shareholder value and drive business, organizational and cultural change. Dr. Kay is the author of CEO Pay and Shareholder Value: Helping the U.S. Win the Global Economic War and Value at the Top: Solutions to the Executive Compensation Crisis. He has held executive positions at the Hay Group, Kidder Peabody and Shearson Lehman Hutton. Watson Wyatt Worldwide is a leading global human capital consulting firm. It provides consulting services in the areas of employee benefits, human resources technologies and human capital management.