Comments on: Don’t Think HCM Matters? http://tomob.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/dont-think-hcm-matters/ Human Resources, HR Tech, Healthcare, HCM, etc. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:36:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: tomob http://tomob.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/dont-think-hcm-matters/#comment-1062 tomob Mon, 07 May 2007 13:54:50 +0000 http://tomob.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/dont-think-hcm-matters/#comment-1062 It is interesting that the stock didn't tank until they had to revise their earnings forecast late in March. Says to me that not only does management not understand these issues - but neither does the market. I smell an opportunity. Tom O'B It is interesting that the stock didn’t tank until they had to revise their earnings forecast late in March. Says to me that not only does management not understand these issues – but neither does the market.

I smell an opportunity.

Tom O’B

]]> By: David Creelman http://tomob.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/dont-think-hcm-matters/#comment-1061 David Creelman Mon, 07 May 2007 13:01:53 +0000 http://tomob.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/dont-think-hcm-matters/#comment-1061 Human capital issues are a blind spot of people brought up in the finance function. In fact, they've been trained to explicilty ignore and be dismissive of 'soft' issues. This preesents an opporunity to add value. I wonder if the Finance people presented the graph above, saying "If we lay of x number of people we will save y dollars...and by the way the share price will absolutly tank." Human capital issues are a blind spot of people brought up in the finance function. In fact, they’ve been trained to explicilty ignore and be dismissive of ’soft’ issues. This preesents an opporunity to add value.

I wonder if the Finance people presented the graph above, saying “If we lay of x number of people we will save y dollars…and by the way the share price will absolutly tank.”

]]> By: John http://tomob.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/dont-think-hcm-matters/#comment-1016 John Fri, 04 May 2007 14:16:28 +0000 http://tomob.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/dont-think-hcm-matters/#comment-1016 Makes one wonder whether the C-suite will ever catch on. Of course, on the other side of the coin, HR professionals are not helping matters much by their seeming inability to talk the langauage spoken in the C-Suite. Makes one wonder whether the C-suite will ever catch on. Of course, on the other side of the coin, HR professionals are not helping matters much by their seeming inability to talk the langauage spoken in the C-Suite.

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