BECOMING A STRATEGIC PARTNER IN ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT
Authors:
OGUCHIALU U. OPARA.
Abstract:
In Nigeria, the disregard and lowly status of human capital in organizations have being pointed out by recent happenings both in public and private sectors. There is the problem to identify the important strategic role of human capital. The organization’s leadership seek to maximize the return on investment but ignore the return on their greatest asset-human capital, which explain why they tend not invest in it. It is unfortunate that human capital practitioners condone this situation. It does not help that the government, the largest employer, regards human capital (HC) as an administrative process. The concern of the paper is that while human capital is the foundation of the value creation, this asset is the least understood and least addressed by the management. This presentation provides the theoretical perspective of a Chief Executive who has a strong belief in the vitality of people in an organization.