Ron Griffin, CIO at The Home Depot Inc., says the Atlanta- based home improvement retailer has tried-and-true structures in place for measuring, maintaining, and growing human's skills and talents. The company uses a nine-box grid system to measure each employee's performance and potential, and it offers developmental courses to bring employees up to speed on certain issues. The categories measured include leadership ability, how an employee fits into the Home Depot culture, financial acumen and project management capabilities. At Home Depot, knowledge is available for employees to remain up to speed and to pass such information along to customers. The above scenario is a true reflection of the shift in the world's economy O from a base of intellectual to customer capital the shift in the world's economy O from a base of financial to custom capital the shift in the world's economy O from a base of intellectual to financial capital the shift in the world's economy O from a base of financial to intellectual capital

Ron Griffin, CIO at The Home Depot Inc., says the Atlanta- based home improvement retailer has tried-and-true structures in place for measuring, maintaining, and growing human's skills and talents. The company uses a nine-box grid system to measure each employee's performance and potential, and it offers developmental courses to bring employees up to speed on certain issues. The categories measured include leadership ability, how an employee fits into the Home Depot culture, financial acumen and project management capabilities. At Home Depot, knowledge is available for employees to remain up to speed and to pass such information along to customers. The above scenario is a true reflection of the shift in the world's economy O from a base of intellectual to customer capital the shift in the world's economy O from a base of financial to custom capital the shift in the world's economy O from a base of intellectual to financial capital the shift in the world's economy O from a base of financial to intellectual capital

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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ISBN:9780190931919

Author:NEWNAN

Publisher:NEWNAN

Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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