PwC Saratoga
Managing people in a changing world
Key trends in human capital a global perspective – 2010
We have approached this fourth biennial series of reports with the same rigour as in previous studies – interrogating our PwC Saratoga database and macroeconomic indicators for people-related trends that might just provide our clients with the kind of insight they need to re-engineer their people strategy and, ultimately, stay ahead of the competition.
About
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Saratoga
PwC Saratoga is the most extensive
HR measurement and benchmarking database available. Our advisers work with business leaders to evaluate the contribution people make to an organisation’s profitability.
We use a range of quantitative and qualitative tools to identify the impact of people on efficiency, to identify risk and to evidence best practice and innovation across an organisation.
To identify performance against peers, we benchmark data drawn from an organisation against the market – potentially by department, industry and country.
Our service enables business leaders to evidence the effectiveness of business functions, including the performance of people and the HR function. We can help to identify the impact of programmes such as engagement and skills training, on organisational performance, over time.
At the beginning of the second decade of the new millennium, many organisations find themselves trying to steer a course in a destabilised world. Globalisation is having an effect on our operating models like never before.
In support of our clients, we’ve analysed the metrics, gained from
PricewaterhouseCoopers Saratoga measurement and benchmarking database, containing data from over
10,000 organisations in 40 countries.
We have also compared these insights with major macroeconomic indicators from organisations such as UNESCO.
The downturn experienced in many industries and
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