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The skills, knowledge and experience of an individual or population regarded as a resource or asset. | The skills, knowledge and experience of an individual, organisation, or population, regarded as a resource or asset. | ||
Human capital encompasses: | |||
*Investing in people, for example, education, training and health; and | |||
*The belief that these investments increase an individual’s productivity. | |||
The World Bank's Human Capital Project defines human capital as the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their lives, enabling them to realise their potential as productive members of society. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Assets]] | * [[Assets]] | ||
* [[Capital]] | |||
* [[Human capital management]] | |||
* [[Human resources]] | |||
* [[Individual capital]] | |||
* [[Intangible assets]] | * [[Intangible assets]] | ||
* [[Materiality]] | |||
* [[Natural capital]] | |||
* [[Produced capital]] | |||
* [[Social capital]] | |||
* [[World Bank]] | |||
==External link== | |||
[https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/human-capital The World Bank's Human Capital Project] | |||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | [[Category:The_business_context]] | ||
[[Category:Ethics]] | [[Category:Ethics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:41, 2 December 2022
The skills, knowledge and experience of an individual, organisation, or population, regarded as a resource or asset.
Human capital encompasses:
- Investing in people, for example, education, training and health; and
- The belief that these investments increase an individual’s productivity.
The World Bank's Human Capital Project defines human capital as the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their lives, enabling them to realise their potential as productive members of society.
See also
- Assets
- Capital
- Human capital management
- Human resources
- Individual capital
- Intangible assets
- Materiality
- Natural capital
- Produced capital
- Social capital
- World Bank
