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Introduction

This book arises from an initial observation: quantification has gradually invaded all modern Western societies, and organizations and companies are not exempt from this trend. As a result, the human resources (HR) function is increasingly using quantification tools. However, quantification raises specific questions when it concerns human beings. Consequently, HR quantification gives rise to a variety of approaches, in particular: an approach that values the use of quantification as a guarantee of objectivity, of scientific rigor and, ultimately, of the improvement of the HR function; and a more critical approach that highlights the social foundations of the practice of quantification and thus challenges the myth of totally neutral or objective quantification. These two main approaches make it possible to clarify the aim of this book, which seeks to take advantage of their respective contributions to maintain a broad vision of the challenges of HR quantification.

Страница 1Страница 2Страница 3Страница 4Страница 5Страница 6 Introduction I.1. The omnipresence of quantification in Western societies I.2. The specific challenges of human resources quantification: quantifying the human being Box I.1. Two incarnations of the psychotechnical approach: the IQ test and the theory of the g factor (sources: Gould 1997; Huteau and Lautrey 2006) I.3. HR quantification: effective solution or myth? Two lines of research Box I.2. Quantification as a source of improvement in the definition of HR policies (source: Rasmussen and Ulrich 2015) Box I.3. Example of the introduction of activity-based pricing in French hospitals (source: Juven 2016) I.4. The positioning of this work I.5. Structure of the book {buyButton}

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