HUMAN CAPITAL OR MAN-CAPITAL THEORY

International audience— Common denominator used usually on the social life, legitimator of the economic, cultural and entrepreneurial activities. The concept of " human capital " conquered the planet. It roams indefatigably on all the waves and on all the feathers. Let us override the disillusioned interpretations which see only a latest fad there and let us wonder rather about what make its strength. If we can make the observation that it seems difficult to translate the conceptual contributions of human capital into real activities within the company, then in collective and individual acts, we can make on the contrary the report that is even more difficult to translate this economic theory into words. In spite of the abundant literature with concerns the human capital theory, we find until then no definition which makes the unanimity of all the authors. So what do we know about this concept? Is it suited to stimulate Man in a capital? This is what we try to land on this article