This document discusses how businesses are shifting from an industrial economy focused on tangible assets to a knowledge economy focused on intangible human capital or "business software". It argues that businesses should view their employees' skills and organizational knowledge as appreciating assets rather than depreciating assets. The document also discusses how human capital management differs from traditional human resources development in focusing on capabilities management. Finally, it presents a model of the business as composed of hardware resources and software capabilities, and calls for managing the business software to generate value independently of specific hardware.