The most important asset : valuing human capital / Robert J. Greene, Ph. D.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preparing for the real world -- Entering the real world -- Making sense out of the real world -- Assessing organizational context -- Facing a down economy -- Evaluating alternative HR strategies in adverse times -- Facing and dealing with current realities -- Learning from others -- Expanding horizons --You win some, you lose some -- Considering new career frontiers -- Life in the (not so?) real world -- Stepping into new roles -- New challenges in new roles -- Learning the value of applied research -- Recognizing that HR is everyone's job -- The five-year reunion -- Want to trade jobs -- Educating students and practitioners -- The "doing HR better" dialogue -- Transformation at the not-for-profit -- Opportunity knocks -- Work-life balance becomes a focus -- Staffing the multinational -- Let's buy something -- Friends and colleagues join the multinational -- The merger materializes -- Improving HR service levels and productivity -- You can look too good -- Reconciling research and practice -- The ten-year reunion -- Let's be strategic -- Motivating and rewarding sales personnel -- Defining core capabilities -- Evaluating executive compensation strategy -- Formulating a global workforce strategy -- Focusing the professional practice -- Compensation : can it be a satisfier? -- Reflections on careers -- The twentieth reunion.