Overhead and other cost of the HR function per function FTE
This measure calculates overhead and other cost of the HR function per function full-time equivalent employee (FTE). Overhead cost refers to expenses that an organization cannot identify as direct costs of performing a process. These include occupancy, facilities, utilities, and maintenance, etc. Other cost refers to costs other than personnel, equipment, material, systems, or outsourced expenses for the process (e.g., costs for supplies and office equipment, travel, training, and seminars). The Function "develop and manage human capital" includes [Delivering processes traditionally defined as "human resources". Process groups include those related to developing and maintaining workforce strategy, recruiting employees, developing and counseling employees, managing employee relations, rewarding and retaining employees, redeploying and retiring employees, managing employee information, and managing employee communications.]. This Cost Effectiveness measure is intended to help companies understand this cost expenditure related to the function "Develop and Manage Human Capital".
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Units for this measure are dollars.
Overhead and other cost to perform the function "develop and manage human capital" / Number of FTEs who perform the function "develop and manage human capital"
Key Terms
To calculate the number of full-time equivalents employed during the year for each respective process or activity, you must prorate the number of employees and the hours spent performing each process/activity. Assume that a full-time worker represents 40 hours per week. Provide the average number of full-time equivalents employed during the year for each respective process. Include full-time employees, part-time employees, and temporary workers hired during peak demand periods. Allocate only the portion of the employee's time that relates to or supports the activities identified for an applicable process. Prorate management and secretarial time by estimating the level of effort in support of each activity, by process.
For example, a part-time secretary in the finance department for XYZ, Inc. charges all of his time to finance department activities. He works 20 hours per week. The secretary splits his time evenly supporting employees working in the general accounting process and the financial reporting process. Thus, his time should be allocated by process. So, if he works throughout the year and supports these two processes, his time would be split evenly as:
20hrs/40hrs = .5FTE * 50% for general accounting = .25FTE for general accounting
20hrs/40hrs = .5FTE * 50% for financial reporting = .25FTE for financial reporting
Other costs are costs associated with the specified process, but not specifically covered in personnel cost, systems cost, overhead cost and outsourced cost in this questionnaire. These other costs include costs for supplies and office equipment, travel, training and seminars. Include the cost of telephones, except for that portion captured in systems cost.
Cost effectiveness measures are those in which two related variables, one of which is the cost and one of which is the related outcome related to the expenditure are used to determine a particular metric value.