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Financial Analysis for HR Managers: Tools for Linking HR Strategy to Business Strategy
by John Boudreau, Wayne F. Cascio, Steven Director
Key Tools for Human Resource Management (Collection)
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Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Financial Analysis for HR Managers: Tools for Linking HR Strategy to Business Strategy
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Business Strategy, Financial Strategy, and HR Strategy
Is HR Weakest in the Most Critical Areas?
You Don’t Need to Be a Quant to Make Good Business Decisions
Which HR Decisions Are Important?
What This Book Attempts to Do
2. The Income Statement: Do We Care About More Than the Bottom Line?
Income Statements
Profit Can Be Measured at Various Levels
Seeing the Big Picture
The Bottom Line
3. The Balance Sheet: If Your People Are Your Most Important Asset, Where Do They Show Up on the Balance Sheet?
Assets on the Balance Sheet
Liabilities on the Balance Sheet
Which Numbers on a Balance Sheet Can You Believe?
Use Caution When Using Published Financial Ratios
4. Cash Flows: Timing Is Everything
Cash Flow Information from the Income Statement
Cash Flow Information from the Balance Sheet
5. Financial Statements as a Window into Business Strategy
Common Size Financial Statements
Connecting the Dots
Return on Equity
Differential Impact of Financial Leverage
The Big Picture
The Link Between HR Strategy and Business Strategy
6. Stocks, Bonds, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital
Why Is the Cost of Capital Important to HR Managers?
Where Does the Money Come From?
Is Your Company of Above Average or Below Average Risk?
Capital Costs in 2012
7. Capital Budgeting and Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
Calculating Present Values
Do the Future Benefits Justify the Upfront Costs?
Using DCF on the Job
HR Applications
Money Has Time Value Because of Interest Rates, Not Because of Inflation
8. Financial Analysis of Human Resource Initiatives
Decisions Involving Cash Flow That Occur at Different Points in Time
Allocating Budgets When There Are a Larger Number of Alternatives
Calculating NPV of Specific HR Initiatives
Determining Program Impacts Using Pre-Post Changes
Determining Program Impacts Using Comparison Groups
What Is Your Firm’s HR Budget?
Is Your HR Budget Allocation Optimal?
Maximizing the ROI on Your Analysis Efforts
9. Financial Analysis of a Corporation’s Strategic Initiatives
Estimating the NPV of a Strategic Initiative Such as a New Product Introduction
Using the Spreadsheet to Structure the Deal
Using Monte Carlo Simulations to Model Risk and Uncertainty
10. Equity-Based Compensation: Stock and Stock Options
How Do Stock Options Work?
What Is the Intrinsic Value of an Option? What’s the Time Value of an Option?
Are Options High-Risk Investments?
Do Employees Prefer Options or Stock?
Understanding the Inputs to the Black-Scholes Model
Firms Must Disclose the Methods and the Assumptions They Use to Cost Stock Options
Using Monte Carlo Simulation to Determine the Value of Employee Stock Options
Dilution, Overhang, and Run Rates
Equity Compensation Is One Tool for Aligning Executive and Shareholder Interests
11. Financial Aspects of Pension and Retirement Programs
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans
Defined Contribution (DC) Plans
Hybrid Plans
The Shift from DB Plans to DC Plans
Pension Accounting
Why Base Costs on the Expected Rather Than the Actual Return on Plan Assets?
How Do Firms Select the Appropriate Discount Rate?
DB Plans Encourage Retirement
The Future?
12. Creating Value and Rewarding Value Creation
Aligning Pay with Performance
Managing EPS Expectations
Putting It All Together
Appendix A: A Sample of Financial Measures Currently in Use
Bibliography
Endnotes
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Index
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Investing in People, Second Edition: Financial Impact of Human Resource Initiatives
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Preface
Chapter 1. Making HR Measurement Strategic
How a Decision Science Influences HR Measurement
Hitting the “Wall” in HR Measurement
The LAMP Framework
Conclusion
Software to Accompany Chapters 3–11
References
Chapter 2. Analytical Foundations of HR Measurement
Traditional Versus Contemporary HR Measures
Fundamental Analytical Concepts from Statistics and Research Design
Fundamental Analytical Concepts from Economics and Finance
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3. The Hidden Costs of Absenteeism
What Is Employee Absenteeism?
The Logic of Absenteeism: How Absenteeism Creates Costs
Analytics and Measures for Employee Absenteeism
Case Study: From High Absenteeism Costs to an Actionable Strategy
Other Ways to Reduce Absence
Exercises
References
Chapter 4. The High Cost of Employee Separations
The Logic of Employee Turnover: Separations, Acquisitions, Cost, and Inventory
Pivotal Talent Pools with High Rates of Voluntary Turnover
Voluntary Turnover, Involuntary Turnover, For-Cause Dismissals, and Layoffs
How to Compute Turnover Rates
Example: Separation Costs for Wee Care Children’s Hospital
Training Costs
Performance Differences Between Leavers and Their Replacements
The Costs of Lost Productivity and Lost Business
Process
Exercise
References
Chapter 5. Employee Health, Wellness, and Welfare
Health, Wellness, and Worksite Health Promotion
Skyrocketing Health-Care Costs Brought Attention to Employee Health
Two Broad Strategies to Control Health-Care Costs
Logic: How Changes in Employee Health Affect Financial Outcomes
The Typical Logic of Workplace Health Programs
Legal Considerations and Incentives to Modify Lifestyles
Analytics for Decisions about WHP Programs
Measures: Cost Effectiveness, Cost-Benefit, and Return-on-Investment Analysis
Solving the Analysis and Measurement Dilemmas to Improve Decisions about WHP Programs
Improving Employee Welfare at Work: Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
Future of Lifestyle Modification, WHP, and EAPs
Exercises
References
Chapter 6. Employee Attitudes and Engagement
Attitudes Include Satisfaction, Commitment, and Engagement
Satisfaction, Commitment, and Engagement as Job Outcomes
The Logic Connecting Employee Attitudes, Behaviors, and Financial Outcomes
Employee Engagement and Competitive Advantage
Employee Engagement and Service Climate
Measures of Employee Attitudes
Analytical Principles: Time Lags, Levels of Analysis, and Causal Ordering
Estimating the Financial Impact of Employee Attitudes: The Behavior-Costing Approach
A Final Word
Exercises
References
Chapter 7. Financial Effects of Work-Life Programs
“Remixing” Rewards
Special Issues Parents Face
Work-Life Programs: What Are They?
Logical Framework
Analytics and Measures: Connecting Work-Life Programs to Outcomes
Stock Market Reactions to Work-Life Initiatives
Process
Exercises
References
Chapter 8. Staffing Utility: The Concept and Its Measurement
A Decision-Based Framework for Staffing Measurement
Framing Human Capital Decisions Through the Lens of Utility Analysis
Overview: The Logic of Utility Analysis
Utility Models and Staffing Decisions
Process: Supply-Chain Analysis and Staffing Utility
Conclusion
Exercises
References
Chapter 9. The Economic Value of Job Performance
Pivotal Talent at Disney Theme Parks
Logic: Why Does Performance Vary Across Jobs?
Analytics: The Role of SDy
Measures: Estimating the Monetary Value of Variations in Job Performance (SDy
The Estimate of SDy
Process: How Accurate Are SDy
Exercises
References
Chapter 10. The Payoff from Enhanced Selection
The Logic of Investment Value Calculated Using Utility Analysis
Measuring the Utility Components
Analytics: Results of the Utility Calculation
Process: Making Utility Analysis Estimates More Comparable to Financial Estimates
How Talent Creates “Compound Interest:” Effects of Employee Flows on Utility Estimates
Analytics: Calculating How Employee Flows Affect Specific Situations
Logic: The Effects of a Probationary Period
Logic: Effects of Job Offer Rejections
Logic: The Effect of Multiple Selection Devices
Process: It Matters How Staffing Processes Are Used
Cumulative Effects of Adjustments
Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty in Utility Analysis
Process: Communicating the Impact of Utility Analyses to Decision Makers
Employee Selection and the Talent Supply Chain
Exercises
References
Chapter 11. Costs and Benefits of HR Development Programs
The Relationship Between Training Expenditures and Stock Prices
Utility Analysis Approach to Decisions about HRD Programs
Break-Even Analysis Applied to Proposed HRD Programs
Costs: Off-Site Versus Web-Based Meetings
Process: Enhancing Acceptance of Training Cost and Benefit Analyses
Conclusion
Exercises
References
Chapter 12. Talent Investment Analysis: Catalyst for Change
Better Answers to Fundamental Questions
Intangible Does Not Mean “Unmeasurable”
The HC BRidge Framework as a Meta Model
Lighting the LAMP of Organization Change
References
Appendix A. The Taylor-Russell Tables
Appendix B. The Naylor-Shine Table for Determining the Increase in Mean Criterion Score Obtained by Using a Selection Device
Using the Table
Index
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