Measuring human resources: An overview of practice and a prescription for results

TLDR

But note that Purpose and Mechanism are combined in one sentence line: [Purpose, Mechanism] This article reviews the history of HR measurement; summarizes how HR measures may be done for professionals, practices, and functions; and offers specific guidelines for improving HR measures. Wait: The rule says: "For each non‑empty label, condense all its corresponding content into exactly one TLDR sentence." But if a sentence is labeled with multiple labels, its information should influence both the Purpose and the Findings summaries appropriately. The content is: "This article reviews the history of HR measurement; summarizes how HR measures may be done for professionals, practices, and functions; and offers specific guidelines for improving HR measures." So Purpose: The article reviews the history of HR measurement and offers guidelines? Actually Purpose is the explicit research goal: "This article reviews the history of HR measurement; summarizes how HR measures may be done for professionals, practices, and functions; and offers specific guidelines for improving HR measures." That is both purpose and mechanism?

Abstract

Many talk about measuring human resources (HR), but get lost because the issues are confusing. What to measure? How to measure it? When to measure? Where to measure? These questions make measurement of HR difficult. This article reviews the history of HR measurement; summarizes how HR measures may be done for professionals, practices, and functions; and offers specific guidelines for improving HR measures. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.