This book addresses the methods available for estimating the dollar value of human development programs. Some of the features include: intellectual capital as a framework for integrating HR costing measures ; company examples that illustrate the causes, costs and methods for dealing with employee turnover and absenteeism ; coverage of the costs, benefits, types and program-evaluation issues associated with worksite health-promotion programs ; examination of the utilities of competing predictors that differ in adverse impact, how to deal with the risk and uncertainty in utility analysis, and how to maximise the impact of utility analysis on decision makers ; costing procedures for proposed or ongoing HR development programs ; and treatment and examples of alternative competitive strategies, and methods for linking effective HR management to profit.