JAC FITZENZ

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DEDICATION

DEDICATION

In 1969, I came upon a group of people who had been told they were an expense to the organization and did not generate any value. I questioned how could it be true that an organization would spend money on people who did not generate a positive return on that investment (ROI)?

The notion that people do not generate value is incredibly short sighted. Machines don’t make things. All nonhuman, physical, organizational assets are inert. People make things happen by designing and operating machines and systems effectively. Without human action all assets would simply deteriorate. How did we change this traditional view?

The answer was within the processes that produce measureable outcomes. In the case of human capital ROI analysis, the basic processes are hiring, paying, training and retaining. Within each process are a number of measureable variables. They are cost, time, quantity, quality and human reaction. Once I identified this combination the problem was solved, but not without the naysayers fighting it.

In 1985, I wrote the first book in this field. It was titled How to Measure Human Resources Management. Thirty-five years later the 3rd edition is still selling, proving the inherent validity of the analysis. Over the following 30 years I wrote and co-authored 11 other books that expanded the premise from basic evaluation of past results to predicting the outcome of future investments.

This website is dedicated to those brave souls who faced the doubters and proved that people are the value generators.

Fiction

Having worked in 53 countries, Dr. Jac is the author of more than a dozen books. He turns to his experiences growing up and serving in the navy as an intelligence officer to tell the story of a man’s life, both personal and professional.

About Dr Jac

Dr. Jac Fitzenz has published 16 books and over 400 articles based on his wide ranging experiences in naval intelligence and as a business founder.

Business Books

Dr. Jac Fitzenz has published 12 business books and over 350 articles based on his wide ranging experiences in naval intelligence and as a business founder. He has long been acknowledged as the father of human capital strategic measurement and analysis.

Fiction Books

Doctor Jac has worked in 53 countries, is the author of a dozen books, he turns to his experiences growing up and serving in the navy as an intelligence officer to tell the story of a man’s life, both personal and professional.

Business Books

Predictive Analytics for Human Resources

The ROI of Human Capital

The Eight Practices of Exceptional Companies

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The storytelling in this book is strong and confident.

This may be Doctor Jac’s first fiction book, but he is clearly no stranger to writing and keeping up a narrative flow. Events flow smoothly along, with all the details dropped in just right.

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A Jac I did not know!

The Doctor Jac I have known for years is Jac Fitz-enz, Ph.D and very senior business executive, researcher and author. Now he gives us his fictional novels based on his early experiences in naval intelligence.

Mike

Dr. Jac, please turn this wonderful book into a movie!

Although you will always be known to me at the “Godfather of HR measurement”, these riveting books just introduced me to another side of you.

Dr. Nick Bontis

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