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Article Excerpt
Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital Authors: John W. Boudreau and Peter M. Ramstad Publisher: Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2007 ISBN: 142210415X
Reviewer: Michael L. Moore, Ph.D., Professor, Michigan State University
I became aware of the concept of a "human resources decision science" earlier this year when I reviewed another book for the Human Resource Planning journal. That book, Achieving Strategic Excellence (2006), presented the fourth iteration of a longitudinal study beginning in 1995 of HR functions and practices by the leaders of USC's Center for Effective Organizations. Ed Lawler, John Boudreau, and Susan Mohrman were the authors. That book introduced the concept of HR as a "decision science." I began to wonder, "What exactly is a decision science and how does this construct add value to HR strategy and impact?"
Boudreau and Ramstad present data from the Lawler, Boudreau, and Mohrman book to illustrate the HR function's move from "personnel" to "HR" to "talentship." They deal with the fundamental conundrum of how to be especially successful in identifying the...
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