ISG Software Research Analyst Perspectives | Human Capital Management (4)

The Business and Technology Trends for 2023 and Beyond

Posted by Mark Smith on 13 December 2022

The technology industry has established itself as a pivotal force in its ability to help organizations become more intelligent and automated. But doing so has required a journey of epic proportions for most organizations that have had to endure a transition of competencies and skills that was, in many places, transitioned to consulting firms who were hired appropriately to manage changes.... Read More

Topics: Customer Experience, Human Capital Management, Marketing, Office of Finance, Analytics, Data, Digital Technology, Operations & Supply Chain, Office of Revenue

Three Trends in Digital Learning for 2023

Posted by ISG Research on 23 November 2022

The pandemic years saw an exponential rise in organizational investment in digital learning, and for good reason. With in-person learning no longer an option, organizations were forced to quickly adapt to the changing world of work in order to ensure workers were prepared with the knowledge and training necessary to operate in ways they had never before seen. Beyond operational imperatives,... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Learning Management

Oracle CloudWorld: HCM Leads Employee Experience Potential

Posted by ISG Research on 16 November 2022

It has been three years since Oracle hosted a CloudWorld event live in Las Vegas, and it is clear the time has not been wasted. With 12 new releases since the last event, the Oracle human capital management product team has made significant advances in both product and service. Three areas of note: Oracle HCM’s continued focus on personalization of experience, meeting the HCM needs of the... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management

High-Volume Recruiting Requires Specialized Technology Approaches

Posted by ISG Research on 01 November 2022

Some weeks back I published my thoughts about the traditional applicant tracking system and how that technology is no longer sufficient to support organizations’ complex recruiting needs. This is particularly true when trying to take a one-size-fits-all approach to hiring processes. Having identical hiring processes and requirements for professional hires as for low-complexity, low... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Talent Management

Investment in LMS is an Investment in Organizational Success

Posted by ISG Research on 30 September 2022

The learning management system technology market has evolved dramatically over the past two decades. Learning management systems, now commonly referred to as learning experience platforms, are an integral resource for any organization concerned about productivity, organizational agility and operational excellence. These technologies enable organizations to demonstrate an investment in people, as... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Learning Management

Select the Right Technology to Master Global Payroll Complexities

Posted by ISG Research on 14 September 2022

Payroll Management is one of the six major focus areas in the Human Capital Management research and advisory practice at Ventana Research. “Continuous payroll” is a hot topic in this area, with much discussion about the always-on nature of this enhanced payroll function and its related demands for supporting technologies. Advancements in payroll technologies and practices have paved the way for... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Payroll Management

The Power of People Analytics: Moving Beyond the Dashboard

Posted by ISG Research on 08 September 2022

People analytics enable organizations to gain data-driven insights that optimize the impact and value of the workforce. For decades, human capital management (HCM) leaders have been sold tools marketed as analytics that were no more than dashboards filled with nice visualizations of historic data with no context as to what each individual data point meant to their strategic objectives and... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, analytic data platforms

iCIMS Helps Organizations Recruit and Engage Talent

Posted by ISG Research on 18 August 2022

It has been nearly two and a half years since the world was thrust into one of the most dramatic eras of workforce transformation in the modern era. Organizations have been forced to reevaluate everything about the workforce, from the physical spaces in which work is done, to compensation, to non-traditional benefits and work/life enhancement offerings. Even so, many continue to struggle to... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Talent Management

A Talent Acquisition Platform Leads to Competitive Advantage

Posted by ISG Research on 11 August 2022

The applicant tracking system, for all its shortcomings, revolutionized the way people found and applied for jobs when it first hit the market in the mid-1990s. Electronic applications quickly became the norm, resume or application review became more accessible for hiring teams and compliance was much more trackable and achievable, thanks to streamlined application processes. Today, tracking and... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Talent Management

The Impact of Payroll Technology on the Employee Experience

Posted by ISG Research on 27 July 2022

I spent years in the talent acquisition space, and I think that at least several months of that time – cumulatively – was spent just trying to get people to calm down. Talent acquisition is a critically important business process, but if I had a dollar for every time I had to remind someone that there really are no recruiting emergencies, I’d be a wealthy woman. The same sentiment does not hold... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, HR technology, HR/Payroll, Payroll Management, employee experience

Oracle ME Aims to Drive Employee Engagement, Productivity, Retention

Posted by ISG Research on 19 July 2022

In my more than two decades in the world of human resources and human capital management technology, I have never seen a topic become so completely ubiquitous so quickly as has employee experience. This is great news from my perspective. As I addressed in this recent analyst perspective, market factors have forced organizations to acknowledge the tremendous bottom-line value of an engaged... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, employee experience, Digital Innovation Awards

Total Compensation Imperatives for Every Organization

Posted by ISG Research on 22 June 2022

Compensation management is a key talent management process involving all workers and managers within an organization. Determining and providing the appropriate compensation for each person — whether it involves base pay, merit pay, or variable pay and incentives such as bonuses — is critical to being able to attract and retain productive members of the workforce, including full- and part-time... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Total Compensation Management

Unit4 Expansion Targets Enhancements for People-Centric Organization

Posted by Robert Kugel on 09 March 2022

I recently attended an analyst conference held by Unit4, an enterprise resource planning vendor focused on midsize organizations in people-centric industries. The conference was intended to communicate the company’s strategy, product updates and roadmap. The meeting took place shortly after announcement of the availability of Unit4 Industry Mesh and the acquisition of Compright, which does... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Office of Finance, Business Planning, Talent Management, Financial Performance Management, ERP and Continuous Accounting, Total Compensation Management

The Workforce Management Value Index Assesses Technology Vendors

Posted by Mark Smith on 07 February 2022

I am happy to share insights gleaned from our latest Value Index research, an assessment of how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index: Workforce Management 2022 is the distillation of a year of market and product research by Ventana Research. Drawing on our Benchmark Research, we apply a structured methodology built on evaluation categories that... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Learning Management, Talent Management, Workforce Management, Payroll Management, Total Compensation Management, employee experience

Workforce Management Software Brings Automation and Intelligence

Posted by Mark Smith on 03 February 2022

Workforce management processes and activities, a major focus of investment and optimization efforts for decades, have undergone a huge transformation in recent years. In our view, this is mostly a function of two significant trends: the explosion of technology innovation associated with the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning and embedded analytics in many areas of a business... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Learning Management, Talent Management, Workforce Management, Payroll Management, Total Compensation Management, employee experience

Human Capital Management Market Agenda: Readiness and Resilience

Posted by Mark Smith on 01 February 2022

Ventana Research recently announced its 2022 Market Agenda for Human Capital Management, continuing the guidance we’ve offered for two decades to help organizations derive maximum potential from workforce- and people-related technology investments and initiatives. In crafting this Market Agenda, we focused on three critical themes top-of-mind for both HCM vendors and buyers: Organizational... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Learning Management, Workforce Management, Payroll Management, Total Compensation Management, employee experience, candidate engagement

Inkling Advances Digital Learning for Operational Effectiveness

Posted by Mark Smith on 26 January 2022

The necessity of learning is essential for every organization to realize the full potential of the workforce. But many organizations treat learning like training or academic instruction to ensure policy or compliance to a minimum level of work performance, instead of continuing career education and improving skills in the operational workflow. The context for where and how workers work is... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Learning, LMS, inkling

2022 Market Agenda: Digital Business Enables Organizational Resilience

Posted by Mark Smith on 24 January 2022

Ventana Research has announced its market agenda for 2022, continuing the tradition of reliability in our efforts to educate and guide the technology market. Our assessments are backed by our expertise and independence, as we do not share our market agenda or our research – including analyst and market perspectives or our Value Index – with any external party until it is published. We review and... Read More

Topics: Customer Experience, Human Capital Management, Marketing, Office of Finance, Analytics, Data, Digital Technology, Operations & Supply Chain, Office of Revenue, Market Agenda

High-Impact People Data: Many Opportunities Remain

Posted by ISG Research on 15 December 2021

Data from human capital management systems has delivered significant value to organizations for decades. The value continuum has included ensuring compliance with workforce-related laws and regulations around the globe; optimizing human resources’ processes (when combined with various other elements such as change management); maintaining a historical record of key employee activities and... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Learning Management, Talent Management, Workforce Management, employee experience

AI/ML Super-Charges the Recruiting Technology Market

Posted by ISG Research on 24 November 2021

Many of us can recall the excitement generated by the first Applicant Tracking Systems or ATS’s hitting the market in the late 1990s and early 2000s. After all, activities related to sourcing, screening, selecting and offering jobs to candidates was perennially a very manually intensive endeavor that also produced many false positives (unsuccessful hires) as well as false negatives (potentially... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Recruiting, HR, Talent Management