Methods and apparatus for determining and using human capital metrics as measures of economic value of persons to an organization
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of characterizing the financial state and performance of an organization by measuring the economic value of one or more persons to the organization, the method comprising:
- accessing one or more data resources storing data associated with one or more persons;
selecting a plurality of fields of the data as cost data of the one or more persons, including direct expenses associated with the one or more persons and indirect expenses associated with the one or more persons;
retrieving the selected data from the one or more data resources;
calculating a human capital metric in accordance with the retrieved data, including summing the cost data to determine a total cost for the one or more persons;
generating a report including the calculated human capital metric; and
providing the report.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing techniques for determining and using human capital metrics as measures of the economic value of persons to an organization. The financial state and performance of an organization can be characterized accordingly. One or more data resources storing data associated with one or more persons are accessed. A plurality of fields of the data are selected as cost data of the one or more persons, including direct expenses associated with the one or more persons and indirect expenses associated with the one or more persons. The selected data is retrieved from the one or more data resources. A human capital metric is calculated in accordance with the retrieved data, including summing the cost data to determine a total cost for the one or more persons. A report including the calculated human capital metric is generated and provided.
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37 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of characterizing the financial state and performance of an organization by measuring the economic value of one or more persons to the organization, the method comprising:
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accessing one or more data resources storing data associated with one or more persons;
selecting a plurality of fields of the data as cost data of the one or more persons, including direct expenses associated with the one or more persons and indirect expenses associated with the one or more persons;
retrieving the selected data from the one or more data resources;
calculating a human capital metric in accordance with the retrieved data, including summing the cost data to determine a total cost for the one or more persons;
generating a report including the calculated human capital metric; and
providing the report. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-implemented method of characterizing the financial state and performance of an organization by comparing the economic value of persons in the organization, the method comprising:
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accessing one or more data resources storing data associated with a first unit of one or more persons and a second unit of one or more persons;
selecting a plurality of fields of the data as first cost data of the first unit of one or more persons and second cost data of the second unit of one or more persons, including direct expenses associated with the one or more persons and indirect expenses associated with the one or more persons;
retrieving the selected data from the one or more data resources;
calculating a first human capital metric in accordance with the retrieved data, including summing the first cost data to determine a first total cost for the first unit of one or more persons;
calculating a second human capital metric in accordance with the retrieved data, including summing the second cost data to determine a second total cost for the second unit of one or more persons;
comparing the first human capital metric with the second human capital metric to determine comparison data;
generating a report including the comparison data; and
providing the report. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus for characterizing the financial state and performance of an organization by measuring the economic value of one or more persons to the organization, the organization including one or more data resources storing data associated with one or more persons, the apparatus comprising:
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a data collection module coupled to;
access the one or more data resources, select a plurality of fields of the data as cost data of the one or more persons, including direct expenses associated with the one or more persons and indirect expenses associated with the one or more persons, and retrieve the selected data from the one or more data resources;
an analysis module coupled to calculate a human capital metric in accordance with the retrieved data, including summing the cost data to determine a total cost for the one or more persons; and
a reporting module coupled to generating a report including the calculated human capital metric. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer-implemented method of affecting the operation of an organization using financial state information as a measure of the economic value of one or more persons to the organization, the method comprising:
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accessing one or more data resources storing data associated with one or more persons, the data including cost data for the one or more persons, including direct expenses and indirect expenses;
collecting the data from the one or more data resources, the data accumulated over a designated timeframe;
filtering the collected data, including extracting the cost data;
calculating a first human capital metric based the cost data, including summing the cost data to determine a total cost for the one or more persons;
calculating a second human capital metric based on the first human capital metric, including retrieving a measure of economic value attributable to the one or more persons, and dividing the measure by the total cost to determine a human capital operating margin for the one or more persons;
identifying an attribute of the organization as a target for changing the financial state of the organization, in accordance with the calculated first human capital metric or second human capital metric; and
performing an intervention event on the identified attribute of the organization. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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