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        <title><![CDATA[An invention....]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-243509-3580124]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[of what used to be Personnel, then Human Resources to create the illusion of progress in the field.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jeff.cowell]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:01:41 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sovereigns, all]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-243509-3245557]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[There is no winning.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[santeewelding]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:13:08 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Why Human Capital Management is insulting]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-243509-3245553]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Oh you hit straight right to my heart.Most managers are treating their people like they are assets not person.And those managers will not win their hearts.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[wee_puth@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:50:20 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[engagement]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The opposite of this phenomenom is engagement, the buzzword around our office at the moment. It seems that if staff feel that they are part of the company rather than cogs in a big machine, the work harder, make less mistakes, and make bigger profits. The wrap it nicely, and compare it to companies like google, and add a smidgen of graphicss to prove the point.This would be equivalent to developing an &quot;Esprit de corps&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Womble]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:40:08 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My point exactly!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-243509-2357316]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[We can give it every name or make up name, but is it not important.IT people are worse with naming and acronyms.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[simphiwe.mngadi@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:00:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yeah, well...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-243509-2357157]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I don't win so often that I'm going to quibble over the size of the prize!  ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:19:27 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yeah but you only won a line]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-243509-2357168]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[for a house, you have to fit zeitgeist in there.He needs to get rowing the boat in the same direction in there somehow as well for the big prize.Old idea, new words , same BS]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:23:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wow!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[HCM is about managing people in a way that accumulates human capital to drive competitive success That's the first time I've ever won buzz-word bingo on a single sentence!  Thanks!  You made my day!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:22:29 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I understand &quot;Human Capital Management&quot; perfectly]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I take my card and I stand in lineTo make a buck I work overtimeDear sir letters keep coming in the mailI work my back till its racked with painThe boss cant even recall my nameI show up late and Im dockedIt never failsI feel like just anotherSpoke in a great big wheelLike a tiny blade of grassIn a great big fieldTo workers Im just another droneTo ma bell Im just another phoneIm just another statistic on a sheetTo teachers Im just another childTo irs Im just another fileIm just another consensus on the streetGonna cruise out of this cityHead down to the seaGonna shout out at the oceanHey its meAnd I feel like a numberFeel like a numberFeel like a strangerA stranger in this landI feel like a numberIm not a numberIm not a numberDammit Im a manI said Im a man - Bob Seger]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:15:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ah the anger = sincerity manouvre]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Three words that prove that you are both talking bollocksAnnual pay increase.When human assets become overheads.It's not my fault bean counters run the show, but they do.Value is hard to stick a number on for the ledger. Cost, well that one is easy isn't it.So do we increase a nebulous value, or reduce a nice easy cost?I wish you could sell this stuff, no point in whining at me because you are failing though.I'm not a customer for it.I'm an asset when they want me to feel good about being paid less.And a cost when they want to scare me in to being paid less.I'm from Earth by the way, yourself ?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:26:29 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I see your point]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[and understand completely.  You are to be commended for investing in your employees, but not all employers see employees the same way.  I was approaching the &quot;capital&quot; aspect more from the negative side since that was the original connotation.I don't really think we disagree on anything other than my word choice.Thanks]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BlueKnight]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:45:33 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I agree completely but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...I think this actually started many years ago when I and my fellow programmers began to be referred to as resources.  I have smilingly and gently stated in many a meeting over the years that I am not a resource, I am a human being.  Not that it's had much effect, other than at that moment, but I at least refuse to give in and use this term.  In our shop we have one form, a Resource Request form, which is used for both equipment and humans.  Dehumanizing indeed. When forced to use this form I at least title my request as one for which I need people to work on a project. I wish I could do more.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dancer1117]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:18:36 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My Hopes]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have no intntion of &quot;making light&quot; of anything related to Nazis.Actually, I hope people begin to understand at least some portion of that horror you speak of.  I hope it truly scares the you-know-what out of them.  I also hope people begin to see that the reason the Nazis were so efficient was because of their brutality and ruthlessness.  I also hope that people realize that such ruthlessness is not limited to governments.And frankly, I hope that when people do realize this that we can avoid such horror in the future by learning from the past.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tell It Like I See It]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:43:12 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[^ ^ READ MORDRA'S POST ABOVE ^ ^]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The post above explains what HCM really means. Yes, is it mgr-speak for a complex concept, but it doesn't mean what most think it means.  It's really all about making an organization better through its people, not managing them like livestock.Thank you mordra!Finally, a voice of reason in the middle of this angy mob!  Unfortunately, now that the techs are rioting over this article, few will patiently read all of the replies to learn the truth.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[IT-Sage (bschirf)]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:39:10 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[TV Talk]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-243509-2356296]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Actually the main female character was played by Jessica Alba (of recent &quot;Fantastic Four&quot; fame).  The male lead was played by Michael Weatherly (I think) and he is currently on &quot;NCIS&quot;.Actually I haven't watched Simpsons for a number of years now. Just sort-of drifted away from it.One (short-lived) show that really showed some of our reliance on computers (in a sense) was &quot;Jake 2.0&quot;.  He had nanobots enhancing his senses, giving him strength, speed, etc.  In some ways it was similar to having bionics.  What was really interesting was when he was caught by a small portion of an EMP blast and it almost killed him.  Real nice analogy....]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tell It Like I See It]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:33:13 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trucks and lorries are the same thing]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A tractor-trailer is an articulated lorry.If we're going to discuss terminology, let's get the terminology right!  ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:05:43 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wait and see . . .]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm pretty sure if Adam Smith saw the state of the world today, he'd thank you for not telling anyone else he had any part in making it so.Maybe you should read a rather more recent tome on the workings of the free market, &quot;Capital&quot; by Karl Marx.  He saw most of this stuff coming 150 years ago. In Marx, labour (people) is considered as a 'factor', one of several things very distinct from capital . . . in that capital is by definition something to be used up, burnt through, replenished by exploiting what you already have.And that's pretty much the same definition of capital that's at play in the phrase 'Human Capital.'  Maybe the Nazi analogy is over the top, but there isn't really any more succinct way to say 'inhumanly pragmatic and efficiency-obsessed' and in one breath.  And hey, just wait and see, Global Capitalism may match the Nazis on overall cruelty yet.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[aiforbes@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:47:30 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some of us are !]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Presumably you are in HR, since you managed to unintentionally offend several million people with one carelessly crafted missive.Now where's that logo, got to go work on the snap in my salute.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:57:44 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oh I say]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well done that man.Definite pat on the back in the next golf game.If I worked for you, I'd take that hook, line and sinker.No really...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:52:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Let's get consultants and project managers on this ?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What we need to cloud the issue in more BS.You are meant to a  after a comment like that.This is not semantics, it's euphamisms. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:49:30 -0800</pubDate>
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