Financial Intelligence from The Human Resources Point: A Conceptual Framework

Abstract

Human resources functions is in a physological trauma as it has been moving away from administrative duties to focusing on strategic management roles. Underlying this trauma is the desire of the professional human resources managers to gain more respect and recognition within their organizations as strategic partners with others from this stand. The common denominator of recognition and respect is being equipped with financial intelligence. To understand the contribution of human resources to the financial performance of the company, and to interpret this rightly with human resources point of views is also a reality which is stressed by the shareholders. In this work, first, the literature on the subject is studied, then a definition of financial intelligence from the view of the human resources managers who wants to be a partner is attempted to be made and the significance of human capital is tried to be analyzed by looking at some ratios.

Keywords

• Human resources,financial intelligence

İnsan Kaynakları Açısından Finansal Zeka: Kavramsal Bir Çerçeve

Abstract

İnsan kaynakları fonksiyonları yönetsel görevlerden stratejik iş girişimlerine doğru gelişen bir odaklanma eksenindeki kayma nedeni ile psikolojik bir travma yaşamaktadır. Travmanın olası nedenlerinin altında insan kaynakları profesyonellerinin örgütleri içerisinde stratejik iş ortakları olarak artan ölçüde saygı ve tanınma isteği yatmaktadır. Saygı ve tanınmanın ortak paydası finansal zeka ile donatılmış bakış açısıdır. İnsan kaynaklarının sundukları ve sonuçlarının şirketlerin finansal sonuçlarına yönelik etkisi insan lensi ile doğru biçimde yorumlamak bu ortak paydanın altını doldurmanın yanında paydaşlar tarafından dayatılan bir zorunluluk haline gelmiştir. Bu çalışmada ilk olarak bu konuda yazılmış literatür taranmış, iş ortağı olmak isteyen insan kaynakları yöneticisi açısından finansal zekanın tanımlanması, insan sermayesinin önemi, sayıların gücü ve örnekler verilerek anlatılmıştır

Keywords

• İnsan kaynakları, finansal zeka

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