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  • April 2010
  • Course Overview Note

Managing Human Capital

By: Boris Groysberg
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Abstract

Managing Human Capital, a second-year elective course at Harvard Business School, seeks to create business leaders who understand human resources practices essential to firm performance and who think strategically about managing their own careers. This Managing Human Capital course is integrative, practice-based, and consists of two segments: Managing Organizational Human Capital (MOHC) and Managing Your Human Capital (MYHC), each of which includes several modules. The first segment, taught from the general manager's perspective, examines how to structure and adjust an organization's basic human capital levers to achieve superior results. The second segment takes the vantage point of the individual and addresses critical career choices. This note is for the sole purpose of aiding classroom instructors in teaching the Managing Human Capital course.

Keywords

Human Resources; Human Capital; Management; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career

Citation

Groysberg, Boris. "Managing Human Capital." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 410-124, April 2010.​

About The Author

Boris Groysberg

Organizational Behavior
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