Cost Management is one of the most important contents in modern enterprise management. This paper introduces the concept of cost management and analyzes the people-oriented cost management in the application of Chinese enterprises, as well as existent problems of using this method in Chinese enterprises' application. In addition, compared with the total cost of management and methods, we demonstrate the advantages of this method. Finally, we elaborate the human management thinking of the U.S. Hewlett-Packard as an example, referencing for Chinese enterprises of the people-oriented management.
Keywords: People-oriented management, Cost management, Human resources