Managing human capital supply chain in the Internet era

Abstract

The past decade has witnessed dramatic changes in the types and composition of the workforce. A greater number of employees are able to work from home. Job seekers have better access to available jobs today than ever before. Likewise, employers have greater access to available potential candidates. In this context, a variety of approaches including intelligent agents to facilitate the search for employment are reviewed. The impact of the Internet on human resources management from employees’ and employers’ perspectives and resulting trends are analyzed. Based on the author’s industry interactions and statistics, answers are sought to many pertinent questions relating to quality human resource initiatives to link with a technologically adept workforce. A human capital supply chain management framework is proposed which has decision‐support capability in an Internet environment that provides value‐based relationships between partners.

Citation

Kumar, S. (2003), "Managing human capital supply chain in the Internet era", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 103 No. 4, pp. 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1108/02635570310470629