HR Accounting – A Mammoth Myth?

Vadassery Gopakumar*, P.T. Raveendran**
* Dean of KMCT School of Business, Kozhikode.
** Professor and Head, Department of Management Studies, Kannur University Palayad, Thalassery.
Periodicity:December - February'2009
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.3.3.238

Abstract

In knowledge driven economies, it is imperative that human beings be recognized as an integral part of the total worth of an organization. In order to estimate and project the worth of the human capital, Human Resource Accounting (HRM) which denotes the process of quantification and measurement of the Human Resource Capital in an organisation is employed.

Keywords

Human Resource Accounting (HRM), Organisational Culture.

How to Cite this Article?

Vadassery Gopakumar and P.T. Raveendran (2009). HR Accounting - A Mammoth Myth? i-manager’s Journal on Management, 3(3), 18-24. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.3.3.238

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