People analytics is a specific focus in Human Capital Management (HCM) that enables organizations to have data-driven insights that optimize the impact and value of the workforce. These analytics are essential for addressing a broad scope of HCM objectives, but while reducing compliance risks and highlighting demographic trends have dominated the people analytics landscape for decades, various technology-related advances have paved the way for these data insights to become more actionable,...
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Topics:
Predictive Analytics,
Workforce Analytics,
HR Analytics
The workforce is an essential part of an organization’s overall business potential because it ensures continuous operations, even in black-swan events. The workforce is the core of the organization and should get the attention it deserves. In challenging times, a “customer-first” mentality tends to take hold — this is not unreasonable but in focusing on satisfying customers and opportunities, business leaders too often forget that the workforce experience is essential to achieving desired...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Office of Finance,
Voice of the Customer,
Continuous Planning,
Business Continuity,
Analytics,
Business Planning,
Workforce Analytics,
Workforce Management,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Robotic Process Automation,
employee experience,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
agent management,
People Analytics,
AI and Machine Learning
Maximizing the performance and value of people in the workforce should be a primary focus for any business these days. It is a complex task, especially for larger organizations, and chances for success can be increased by investment in human capital management (HCM) applications. In this competitive software market SAP is making a strong push, aided by acquisitions in the last three years of SuccessFactors for talent management and more recently Fieldglass for contingent labor management....
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Topics:
SAP,
HCM,
Human Capital Management,
Learning,
Performance,
Recruiting,
SuccessFactors,
Operational Performance,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Compensation,
HRMS,
Vendor Management Systems,
Workforce Analytics,
Workforce Management,
Workforce Planning
One of the most important ongoing challenges in human capital management is to do master data management (MDM) of core human resources information more effectively. This challenge is often most complex for large organizations that have operations spread around the globe and HR management systems in each country or each operating division. To address this issue, SumTotal Systems recently announced the release of elixHR Platform at its TotalConnection user conference. This is the latest evolution...
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Topics:
Master Data Management,
Social Media,
HCM,
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Financial Performance,
Information Management,
Workforce Performance,
Workforce Analytics,
HR Management(HRMS),
SumTotal
Since the early ’80s, when I personally experienced the transition from written time cards to cards for swiping on a time clock at a grocery retailer I worked at, I have been interested in the software and technology of workforce management. That gives me a perspective not many analysts can match when it comes to transitioning to new technology to help organizations manage and engage workforces. Ventana Research recently completed benchmark research on next-generation workforce management,...
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Topics:
Mobile Technology,
Social Collaboration,
Operational Performance,
Business Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Workforce Analytics,
Workforce Management
Workforce management software vendor Kronos released its financial results at its 15th annual KronosWorks conference (#KronosWorks12) this week. As a private company Kronos had $870 million in revenue for its 2012 fiscal year ending in September, making Kronos one of the largest software and technology companies in the world. Our benchmark research into next-generation workforce management finds the most important technology priorities are collaboration (70%), analytics (68%) and mobility...
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Topics:
Mobile Technology,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Cloud Computing,
Information Applications,
Tablets,
Workforce Analytics,
Workforce Management
Our new world of multifaceted customer communications is driven by moments of interaction with the brand, often called moments of truth. Today’s call center analytics put companies in a position to manage these moments. Analytics that are specific to the call center include desktop analytics, event stream analytics, speech analytics, text analytics, cross-channel analytics and predictive modeling. These analytics, in turn, drive areas such as agent training and coaching, time and capacity...
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Topics:
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
customer life cycle,
call center analytics,
capacity utilization,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Customer & Contact Center,
Workforce Performance,
Call Center,
Workforce Analytics,
NPS
I attended Oracle’s annual OpenWorld conference this week. The company claims it holds the world’s largest technology conference, with 50,000 attendees and a million people viewing sessions online. It was a great opportunity to get close to the Oracle Fusion Applications, which the company presented as proven and ready, with customers using them on-premises and in private and public cloud computing usage methods. In keynotes from executives Larry Ellison, Mark Hurd and Thomas Kurian and...
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Topics:
Sales,
Sales Performance,
Salesforce.com,
SAP,
Social Media,
Mobile Technology,
Social Collaboration,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Customer & Contact Center,
Information Management,
Oracle,
Workforce Performance,
CRM,
SFA,
Workday,
Workforce Analytics
Adoption of workforce analytics is increasing as organizations seek to recruit and retain employees more effectively and ensure that their people deliver the productivity they expect. According to our benchmark research on the topic, 89 percent of organizations want to make it simpler to provide workforce analytics, which is not surprising as our analysis shows that only 12 percent of organizations have reached the highest level of maturity here.
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Topics:
MicroStrategy,
Human Capital Management,
Kronos,
Research,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
HR,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
This week Peoplefluent announced that it has invested in Socialtext, a company that provides social collaboration software at the enterprise level. With this strategic investment Bedford Funding, the private equity firm that owns Peoplefluent, is the direct beneficiary. Peoplefluent will extend Socialtext into the human capital management market while continuing to let the company meet the broader market interest in its offering. Peoplefluent has moved quickly to make this application and...
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
Social Media,
Sustainability,
Human Capital Management,
LMS,
Peoplefluent,
Performance,
Recruiting,
Research,
SocialText,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Information Applications,
Information Management,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
HR,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
Competition in the human capital management market rages on, with application suppliers racing to provide sophisticated applications that operate in the cloud. Cloud computing is a key factor in advancing human capital management, included in our research agenda for this area, along with analytics, collaboration, mobility and social media.
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
SAP,
Social Media,
Sustainability,
Human Capital Management,
LMS,
Performance,
Recruiting,
Research,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Information Applications,
Information Management,
Mobility,
Oracle,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
HR,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Workday,
Workforce Analytics
The workforce analytics market continues to evolve as organizations seek to improve the time it takes to find insights and employer metrics in order to meet compliance requirements, mitigate risk and enforce governance policies. TALX, a subsidiary of Equifax, provides a range of data-oriented services that help HR, payroll and tax professionals. Its integration with eVerify service assists the hiring process with I-9 compliance, and capabilities to examine workforce compensation and financial...
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
Social Media,
Sustainability,
eThority,
Human Capital Management,
LMS,
Performance,
Recruiting,
Research,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Information Applications,
Information Management,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
HR,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
TALX,
Workforce Analytics
Businesses’ strategic imperative to optimize human capital is creating significant energy in the market for applications used to attract, optimize and retain talent. Amid all the recent acquisitions and changes that I have been writing about in this field, SumTotal Systems seems to get less attention than its size and the reach of its business merit. The company has more than 45 million users, with more than 15 million of them operating in a cloud computing environment spanning more than 3,500...
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
Social Media,
Sustainability,
Human Capital Management,
LMS,
Performance,
Recruiting,
Research,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Information Applications,
Information Management,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
HR,
HRMS,
SumTotal Systems,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
Salesforce has begun to toot its marketing horn about its new capabilities for performance management through its acquisition of Rypple, a provider of software designed for social collaboration for improving employee engagement. I have already discussed this acquisition (See: Salesforce.com looking for a Successful Rypple in Human Capital Management) and have actually signed up for and used the software. Rypple has introduced some great innovations to promote feedback and dialogue between...
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
Salesforce.com,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
LMS,
Performance,
Recruiting,
Research,
SuccessFactors,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
HR,
HRMS,
Jobscience,
Rypple,
Saba,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
New human capital management solutions are entering the market, aiming to simplify recruiting, hiring, onboarding and managing employees. Many such applications focus on talent management for use after employees are hired, but vendors also need to streamline tasks for recruiters, HR administrators and hiring managers. Jobscience provides software that simplifies the processes of getting the talent you want to hire ready to work as quickly as possible.
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
Salesforce.com,
Social Media,
Sustainability,
Human Capital Management,
LMS,
Performance,
Recruiting,
Research,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Information Applications,
Information Management,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
HR,
HRMS,
Jobscience,
Rypple,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
Saba this week announced its acquisition of Human Concepts, which provides applications and tools for understanding and interacting with employees through visualizations based on the organizational chart. Human Concepts had expanded its portfolio beyond tools to support planning and change processes critical for organizational succession and transition. The company has more than 500 customers worldwide, including partners like Infor, Oracle and SAP.
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
Social Media,
Sustainability,
Human Capital Management,
Human Concepts,
LMS,
Performance,
Recruiting,
Research,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Information Applications,
Information Management,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
HR,
HRMS,
Saba,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
I attended the Ceridian analyst summit (Twitter #CENAday) in Boston to see how the company is expanding its business in HR-related software and services into human capital management (HCM). Ceridian derives $1.5 billion in revenue from more than 130,000 customers with 25 million employees at organizations ranging from small and midsize business to two-thirds of the Fortune 500. CEO Stuart Harvey has been expanding the company’s management team, with key additions in heads of marketing and...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
LMS,
Performance,
Recruiting,
Research,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
Ceridian,
Compensation,
dayforce,
HR,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
Utilizing the talents of everyone in the workforce is a critical priority for businesses. Savvy executives understand and are anxious to avoid the cost and time incurred in replacing trained, experienced employees and the downturn in productivity while jobs are unfilled. Our benchmark research into recruiting found that more than half of organizations now use metrics of cost and time-to-hire, which indicates the maturing of human resources organizations in response to this challenge.
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
LMS,
Performance,
Recruiting,
Research,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
HR,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
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Topics:
SAP,
Human Capital Management,
LMS,
Oracle Fusion HCM,
Peoplefluent,
Recruiting,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Mobility,
Oracle,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
HRMS,
SumTotal Systems,
Talent Management,
Taleo,
Workday,
Workforce Analytics
In a move to invigorate adoption of its cloud computing and talent management applications, SAP has announced its intent to acquire SuccessFactors – a deal valued at US$3.4 billion . SAP’s years of development and business efforts have produced only mediocre results in customer growth and revenue in cloud computing for human capital management comparably to its expectations and others in the market. In a teleconference SAP and SuccessFactors executives hyped the potential of the combined...
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Topics:
SAP,
Human Capital Management,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Financial Performance,
Mobility,
Oracle,
Workforce Performance,
HRMS,
Infor,
SumTotal Systems,
Talent Management,
Taleo,
Workday,
Workforce Analytics,
Workforce Management
At its 2011 KronosWorks annual user conference, the workforce management application provider advanced its agenda with the introduction of new applications to further its global presence. From my visit, and from looking back at my analysis of its 2010conference, it seems the company’s focus is to simplify management of an hourly workforce.
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Kronos,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics,
Workforce Management
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Topics:
SAP,
Human Capital Management,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Oracle,
Workforce Performance,
HRMS,
Infor,
SumTotal Systems,
Talent Management,
Workday,
Workforce Analytics,
Workforce Management
As Workday held its annual Workday Rising conference this week, it’s a good time to note the accomplishments of the company and to provide a fair and balanced coverage that has yet to be spoken by my industry peers for some reason. Co-founder and co-CEO David Duffield, who founded PeopleSoft, champions a set of core values in its culture and leads a workforce that has built a new generation of ERP applications for deployment in the cloud computing environment. The suite brings together human...
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Topics:
SAP,
Human Capital Management,
Kronos,
NetSuite,
Recruiting,
Zuora,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Oracle,
Workforce Performance,
Cornerstone OnDemand,
Digital Interviewing,
Hiring,
HRMS,
Saba,
SumTotal Systems,
Talent Management,
Taleo,
Tidemark,
Workday,
Workforce Analytics
Attendees at the SuccessFactors Insights conference and those of us on Twitter socializing with the Insights11 hashtag in San Diego this week was designed for Plateau customers who came to the final conference that was scheduled prior to its acquisition by SuccessFactors. The conference provided educational and customer content in an agenda focused on developments in the previous Plateau learning management system (LMS) and new products that SuccessFactors is integrating with it. SuccessFactors...
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Learning Management System,
Recruiting,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Digital Interviewing,
Hiring,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
A vendor I have been tracking and got to examine at the recent HR Technology Conference has a tool to help businesses improve their talent management that I had profiled this company in my talent management guide for the event. HireVue’s Digital Interview Platform records interviews and enables hiring managers to review candidates’ responses to critical questions.
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Recruiting,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Digital Interviewing,
Hiring,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
In the last year some software vendors have been developing a new generation of workforce analytics that leaves pie and bar charts behind in their dashboards and reports in favor of a more intuitive approach. One such company, Visier,is now demonstrating such a fresh approach, which exemplifies what business analytics in general and especially those used to optimize and understand the workforce should look like. I spent time at the HR Technology Conference and Expo in Las Vegas this week...
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Topics:
Mobile,
Sales Performance,
Social Media,
Supply Chain Performance,
Human Capital Management,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
The HR Technology Conference and Expo in Las Vegas that begins today will showcase an array of new business technology innovations for human capital management and talent management. The business technology to help human resources professionals is evolving dramatically, and this is a place for HR and workforce management professionals to find new methods that help increase productivity and optimize business outcomes. Early this year our firm defined five business technology innovations that...
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Topics:
Mobile,
Performance Management,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Recruiting,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics,
Digital Technology
The HR Technology Conference and Expo in Las Vegas that begins today will showcase an array of new applications for talent management. The array of applications and advancements to help human resources professionals is evolving dramatically, and this is a place for HR and workforce management professionals to find new methods that help increase productivity and optimize business outcomes. The five business technologyinnovations that will be vitally important in this decade for HR as well as...
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Topics:
Mobile,
Performance Management,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Recruiting,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics,
Digital Technology
The HR Technology Conference and Expo in Las Vegas that begins today will showcase an array of new applications for talent management. The array of applications and advancements to help human resources professionals is evolving dramatically, and this is a place for HR and workforce management professionals to find new methods that help increase productivity and optimize business outcomes. The five business technologyinnovations that will be vitally important in this decade for HR as well as...
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Topics:
Mobile,
Performance Management,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Recruiting,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Operational Intelligence,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics,
Digital Technology
Improving worker/manager collaboration becomes a top priority as organizations realize the impact of such collaboration on workforce productivity and profitability. One way to enhance that collaboration is to make tasks such as scheduling, time and attendance and task management accessible through smartphones and tablets. The management team at Dayforce has experience with workforce management applications and now into the next generation of collaboration and mobility. The company uses...
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Topics:
Mobile,
Performance Management,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
dayforce,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics,
Digital Technology
Retaining talent and managing financials related to compensation should be a top priority for the HR and finance functions of companies, and many of them realize this. In our recent benchmark research in total compensation management, 72 percent of participants said it’s important or very important to have a compensation system aligned to their processes. One newer provider to the market, Excentive, started in 2002 in Europe and expanded globally in 2009. Its Excentive Compensation Cockpit...
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Topics:
Performance Management,
Sales Performance,
Human Capital Management,
Sales Compensation,
Sales Operations,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Excentive,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
A key component of workforce management software is to aid in scheduling and tracking time and attendance, streamlining interactions between managers and employees regarding these aspects of the job and promoting compliance with corporate and regulatory policies. WorkForce Software has been growing rapidly over the last decade while meeting these needs with an application suite that covers issues from leave management to case management. Its product helps businesses deal with overlapping...
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Topics:
Performance Management,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
To retain talent, organizations must ensure that their workforce’s compensation is comparable to that of their industry peers. As part of this effort, they should integrate compensation reviews with goal and performance reviews to ensure employees are paid their fair market value; otherwise the best talent will become a flight risk. Many organizations understand this; in our performance management for talent management benchmark research, two-thirds said they want to integrate compensation with...
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Topics:
Performance Management,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Mercer,
Metrics,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
At this year’s Taleo World conference in San Francisco, more than 1,600 Taleo customers learned about the company and its suite of talent management applications. A major theme of the conference was the company’s investment in mobility and social media and the intersection of those trends with collaboration tools.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Performance Management,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Mobile Applications,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Taleo,
Workforce Analytics
I recently got an update on mobile applications and strategy for smartphones from ADP, the $9 billion provider of applications and services in human resources, payroll and benefits. By acquiring and partnering with organizations, ADP has become the largest provider in this segment while focusing on providing added value and new offerings to its customers. For some companies, being such a large business human capital management and talent management software could inhibit its agility, but ADP...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Performance Management,
Human Capital Management,
Mobile Applications,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics,
Digital Technology
It is evident that business analytics is now a core business process in most organizations, but as our benchmark research on the topic shows, many have a lot of room to improve in how they use it. A dedicated provider of analytics tools, eThority continues to advance its technology to supply flexibility for the needs of a range of professionals from business management to analysts.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Performance Management,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Mobile Applications,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
I had the pleasure to drop into the 63rd annual conference of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in Las Vegas where over 18,000 human resources professionals came to learn, engage with peers and also enjoy a variety of entertainment. It was the definitely the place to be if you wanted to mix Hollywood with HR. From Sir Richard Branson in Sunday’s opener to music from Keith Urban to controversial political commentator Arianna Huffington and finally actor Michael J. Fox for the...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Performance Management,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Mobile Applications,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
This week the management of Peopleclick Authoria renamed the company PeopleFluent, reoriented its vision and launched a new suite of applications. This effort is intended to hone its focus on the intersecting aspects of talent management and respond to the increasing importance of mobility in this field. This move indicates the dynamic changes that are occurring as the software industry tries to meet the expectations of the next generation of workers and managers. PeopleFluent will rely on not...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Performance Management,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Mobile Applications,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
At SAP’s annual SAPPHIRE NOW conference (Twitter: #SAPPHIRENOW) this month, the company introduced a new portfolio of human capital management applications that will be available on many devices and added mobility options for users, including offerings for smartphones and tablets and cloud computing. This move beyond the traditional on-premises approach of SAP’s ERP Human Capital Management product suite is a critical step forward for SAP if it is to remain relevant for HR organizations.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Performance Management,
Sales Performance,
Social Media,
Supply Chain Performance,
Sustainability,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Mobile Applications,
Business Technology Innovation,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Customer & Contact Center,
Financial Performance,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Information Management,
Workforce Performance,
data mart,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
Less than a week after attending ADP’s industry analyst day, I flew to Washington, D.C., to attend Mercer’s analyst forum, which gave me a chance to compare another human resources juggernaut. While ADP is known primarily for payroll and business process outsourcing, Mercer is known for HR consulting and benefits outsourcing. Mercer is not as big as ADP, with $3.5 billion in annual revenue and over 27,000 customers, most of which are large multinational and midmarket companies, servicing over...
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Topics:
Performance Management,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Financial Performance,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
data mart,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics,
Workforce Planning
Workforce planning is a business process that done right ensures an organization of suitable access to talent to ensure future business success. At a Mercer analyst summit I attended recently, which I wrote about in “Mercer Promotes Possibility of the New Empowered Workforce,” one of the sponsor execs kept challenging the HR industry analyst community to do more research on workforce planning, since her company and its customers are spending more time and money on just that.
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Topics:
Performance Management,
Sales Performance,
Supply Chain Performance,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Customer & Contact Center,
Financial Performance,
Information Applications,
Information Management,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
data mart,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics,
Workforce Planning
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Topics:
Big Data,
Performance Management,
Social Media,
Human Capital Management,
Metrics,
Mobile Applications,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Information Management,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
data mart,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
Human resources professionals must deal with volumes of workforce data that resides in disparate software systems, including individual spreadsheets. But although the data is accessible to them, many organizations don’t have technology to aggregate, synthesize and analyze it, and so cannot easily use it to make efficient and effective decisions about talent acquisition and talent management.
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Topics:
Learning,
Performance,
Recruiting,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Hiring,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
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Learning,
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Recruiting,
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Business Analytics,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
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Hiring,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
When I entered the human capital management space over a decade ago, the Internet had just started to transform the way companies recruit, hire and manage their workforces. Since then the technological transformations have been astounding: Social media, mobile devices and cloud computing are just a few. And although every talent acquisition and talent management system available today is about getting users to the short list of qualified applicants faster and more accurately and managing all...
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Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
In today’s competitive environment, people working in collaboration can make the difference between a company’s success or failure. But hitting “reply to all” on an e-mail chain isn’t the kind of collaboration I’m talking about. Neither is managing your employee and business communications with cups connected by string and Ouija boards.
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Learning,
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Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Mobility,
Operational Intelligence,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
The state of the economy has intensified scrutiny of organizations’ people assets, and so we’re seeing new dialogues about human capital management. Deriving full value from the people in a workforce requires more than just HR managing annual performance reviews or occasional scrutiny of the compensation processes for increases to merit pay or incremental incentives. Investing wisely in workforce-related processes requires assessment and optimization using analytics that can provide a lens on...
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Operational Performance,
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Business Mobility,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Mobility,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
Recently Human Concepts sold its personal organizational structure software OrgPlus to Administaff . Since it retains other products with the OrgPlus name, this step might seem puzzling, but it makes sense in terms of the company’s developing product strategy. The sale also frees Human Concepts to focus on organizations with more than 1,000 employees, where growth is more readily available. Human Concepts is experienced in the workforce management market; its customer and partner Zentiva Group...
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Cloud Computing,
Mobility,
Operational Intelligence,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
The talent management software market has and continues to consolidate dramatically through acquisitions. The trend is to bring together processes and applications for hiring, onboarding, performance assessment, compensation, succession planning and analytics. As the race continues to attract customers and users by presenting the most integrated suite of applications, a new market segment has evolved in the shadows and is now taking the stage in talent management. Talent Technology, a vendor in...
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Human Capital Management,
Learning,
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Recruiting,
Operational Performance,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Hiring,
Talent Generation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
The new year started off with a bang in the human capital management software market as SumTotal Systems acquired GeoLearning, a leading learning management system (LMS) software vendor.
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Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
SumTotal Systems,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
At its annual user conference in Boston, Saba provided insights to industry analysts on its progress over the last year and its direction for 2011. Best known for its learning management system (LMS), collaboration and more recently its talent management applications, Saba now has more than 19 million users in 1,400 customer organizations that are mostly in the public sector, have 5,000 or more employees and are based in North America, although it operates in 28 languages in 195 countries. Now...
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Human Capital,
Human Resources Management,
Learning,
Mobile Applications,
Performance,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Saba,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
At its 2010 user conference in Miami, Plateau Systems reviewed for analysts its progress in the market for talent management software. Plateau has a unified platform and suite of applications that cover learning, compensation, job performance and analytics. The company’s financials have been steadily growing as more customers adopt its platform and show good year-to-year growth in its applications that are rented through software as a service (SaaS). Plateau claims that its SaaS business has...
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Learning,
Performance,
Plateau,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
To utilize a workforce effectively requires information about it and the ability to analyze that in the context of the business’s needs. Yet it has long been the case that the use of analytics and business intelligence (BI) is least advanced in the human resources function. It remains so even as organizations introduce talent management applications to supplement or replace legacy human resource management systems (HRMSs). We believe that to apply analytics effectively to talent management...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Business Performance,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
At its annual user conference in Boston, Saba provided insights to industry analysts on its progress over the last year and its direction for 2011. Best known for its learning management system (LMS), collaboration and more recently its talent management applications, Saba now has more than 19 million users in 1,400 customer organizations that are mostly in the public sector, have 5,000 or more employees and are based in North America, although it operates in 28 languages in 195 countries. Now...
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Topics:
Human Capital,
Human Resources Management,
Learning,
Mobile Applications,
Performance,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Saba,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
At its 2010 user conference in Miami, Plateau Systems reviewed for analysts its progress in the market for talent management software. Plateau has a unified platform and suite of applications that cover learning, compensation, job performance and analytics. The company’s financials have been steadily growing as more customers adopt its platform and show good year-to-year growth in its applications that are rented through software as a service (SaaS). Plateau claims that its SaaS business has...
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Topics:
Learning,
Performance,
Plateau,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics
To utilize a workforce effectively requires information about it and the ability to analyze that in the context of the business’s needs. Yet it has long been the case that the use of analytics and business intelligence (BI) is least advanced in the human resources function. It remains so even as organizations introduce talent management applications to supplement or replace legacy human resource management systems (HRMSs). We believe that to apply analytics effectively to talent management...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Business Performance,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Talent Management,
Workforce Analytics