Abstract:EVERY YEAR industry spends billions of dollars acquiring and developing longterm human capabilities. However, accountants treat all such outlays as operating expenses that assume their benefits are confined to the short term. Because of this practice, the management of human resources is impeded in the following ways: 0 Human resources are not reflected in the firm's capital budget. In contrast to physical plant and equipment, it is therefore more difficult for the manager to justify funds for building human a… Show more
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