Meaning & use
HCM
Human Capital Management, a business term for the strategies and software used to manage hiring, payroll, and workforce development.
See it in a sentence
The company switched to a new HCM platform to streamline payroll and employee records.
Her job in HCM involves designing training programs for new hires.
A note on using this word
In a medical context, HCM instead stands for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; the intended meaning depends entirely on context.
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Another way to use it
2. abbreviation
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic heart condition in which the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick.
Doctors diagnosed him with HCM after an irregular heartbeat led to further testing.
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