Sources
What this is built on, and what it does not claim
The sources below were used to validate the state of the market and the adjacent principles. What is proposed here is proposed here — it is not endorsed by any of them.
Market and vendors
Standards and institutions
Academic signals
Books and competing works
Limits
Methodological notes
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Market research represents a snapshot as of 9 August 2026. Product positioning and capabilities change quickly.
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Vendor claims are read as product positioning, not as independent validation of performance. That includes the author’s own platform.
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The 120-principle matrix is an original synthesis drawn from HR, management, workforce analytics, security and risk. It does not attribute those principles to any single organisation.
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ISO 30414:2025 and the ISO/TC 260 catalogue are used as evidence that human resource management comprises multiple measurable, standardisable areas; CIPD for performance and line management; ILO for the boundaries of human rights; NIST for AI risk governance. None of these bodies endorses this standard.
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The arXiv papers are preprints unless otherwise stated, and are used as signals of emerging research rather than settled scientific consensus.
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The definition, the nine-property test, the maturity model, the transition playbooks, the HWFS and this standard itself are conceptual proposals developed in this work. They are not official standards of ISO, NIST, the ILO or any cited vendor.
Lineage
Conceptual lineage
- Henri Fayol — unity of command, authority and responsibility, division of labour.
- Peter Drucker — management by objectives, effectiveness and managerial responsibility.
- W. Edwards Deming — measurement, system, variation and continuous improvement.
- Dave Ulrich and the modern tradition of human resource management — talent design and organisational capability.
- Contemporary practice in performance management, organisational design, RBAC, least privilege, segregation of duties and enterprise risk management.