The explosion of measurement technologies and HRM data poses a significant risk.
Information overload, naiveté and unmet expectations could stifle the 21st century evolution of
the HRM profession before it begins. This dilemma is not intractable, but it is obviously not
solved by developing more measures. The problem is more fundamental. This next
evolutionary stage for HR is to develop a true decision science for talent, built on today’s HRM
professional practices (Boudreau & Ramstad, in press; 2002). In this chapter we suggest the
implications of such a decision science for HR measures.