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HR Finance 101: A Guide To Finance for HR

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HR can use cost and revenue data from finance to calculate the ROIs of these projects to estimate profits even before the company starts or completes a project. For example, when a company pays a wage for a service rendered, the amount is recorded in the wages payable account of the balance sheet.

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The Most Common Mistake People Make In Calculating ROI

Harvard Business Review

But before anyone writes a check, you need to calculate the return on investment (ROI) by comparing the expected benefits with the costs. Analyzing ROI isn’t always as simple as it sounds and there’s one mistake that many managers make: confusing cash and profit. Apples to apples, and all that. Evaluate the investment.

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What Great Companies Know About Culture

Harvard Business Review

But is there a direct correlation between employee investment and the balance sheet? To better understand the ROI, my company, Burson-Marsteller, teamed up with the Great Place to Work Institute to ask senior executives from top-ranked companies about the value of a positive work environment.

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A Refresher on Return on Assets and Return on Equity

Harvard Business Review

In the broadest sense, says Knight, “it’s the ultimate ROI” “It tells you what percentage of every dollar invested in the business was returned to you as profit.” ” Another reason you might see a very high ROA is if a company is messing with its balance sheet, explains Knight. Take Enron.

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IT Doesn't Matter (to CEOs)

Harvard Business Review

They resist getting their hands dirty alongside the CIO, even though many of them will readily get down into the mud of a balance sheet with the CFO or strategize the details of global brand issues with the CMO. And they hesitate to create strong, progressive IT positions all the time. In fact, CEOs avoid IT like the plague.

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How CMOs Can Get CFOs on Their Side

Harvard Business Review

Marketing is in the midst of an ROI revolution. ’” To reverse this perception and to get greater bang for marketing’s buck, we believe that CMOs must become true collaborators with CFOs and adopt a marketing ROI approach that’s driven by analytics. The opportunity is enormous. Get more for the money.

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How Deloitte Consulting LLP and Salesforce Are Using Technology to Transform the Employee Experience - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELOITTE’S CONNECTME AND SALESFORCE

Harvard Business Review

Third, they’re focused on optimizing what I’ll call the human capital balance sheet, making sure their workforce dollars are creating the right kind of impact in the way that their workforce is showing up day in and day out in the workplace. Jody Kohner, Salesforce.