DEC 21, 2008
In this season of giving, the
most useful present we've received so far comes from the UK's Department
for Transport (DfT), a government ministry that's inadvertently provided the
rest of the world with a blueprint for getting a shared services project utterly
wrong.
(Read More) NOV 30, 2008
Sometimes, the best option in business is to hold your hands up and admit you’re not entirely sure what you’re doing. Looking at the sluggish uptake of people-based analytics, I wonder whether it’s one of those areas where some honest self-assessment wouldn’t go amiss.
(Read More) OCT 31, 2008
Does technology increase stress at work – or help you fight it? With the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development estimating absence costs businesses £666 per employee per year, it would be useful to have an answer – even if it’s ‘both of the above’.
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Much HR reporting is still rooted in the inner workings of the HR department. But while it’s important to measure efficiency (such as ‘How fast are you recruiting?’), it's just as important to look at effectiveness (‘Are you recruiting the best quality people?’) and the broader business impact (‘Which vacancies are hitting our business hardest?’) This Briefing Paper explores how People-based Business Intelligence can transform HR reporting and analysis Should your HR department be taking lessons from sales and marketing to sharpen up its hiring techniques? How are organisations managing the shift to online recruitment? Are HR departments finding new ways to measure recruitment efficiency and effectiveness? Find out what 100 senior HR managers really think! 
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Economic gloom has forced software vendors to rethink their marketing strategy and get creative in helping companies cut costs and identify poor performers, says Phil Wainewright Even the best hosted services can stop working temporarily – and most of us aren’t ready for it when it happens. Phil Wainewright argues that both suppliers and customers need to be better prepared Web-based software suppliers are now able to add capability from hundreds of third party products into their products, enriching them in ways that simply haven’t been possible before. It's great for users - but it does have some potential drawbacks, warns Phil Wainewright 
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International banking firm Citi embarked on a wide-ranging internal marketing campaign to promote its new flexible benefits package. Now it’s starting to generate a wealth of data about its employees’ preferences Absence management isn’t just about monitoring and analysing statistics, intervening after sickness leave and getting a better grip on when people take their holidays. At pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, the emphasis is as much on managing overall employee performance and improving life satisfaction Not-for-profit organisation Livability has handled a merger, a system upgrade and a switch to an outsourced hosted service over the last two years. HR manager Debbie Kiberd explains some of the challenges. 
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Approaches to large HR and payroll projects are heavily influenced by individual management styles, which influence everything from vendor relationships to employee communications. Ray Porter, employee services director at Dell and vice chair of Webster Buchanan’s Multi-country Payroll Forum, argues that companies need to find the right balance between conflicting philosophies Why do so many HR outsourcing deals go wrong – and what can organisations do to head off problems? In a second interview with Webster Buchanan Research, University of Michigan professor Dave Ulrich argues that effective change management is critical Named by Business Week as the number one management guru, University of Michigan professor Dave Ulrich is a force to be reckoned with in the people management field. His latest work builds a blueprint for a new-look HR function 
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Everyone’s talking about web-based recruitment, and while take-up is still relatively low, it’s climbing. The trouble is, not everyone realises exactly what’s involved. And more to the point, what’s really in it for you? Wondering why there’s so much fuss about social networking, wikis, blogs and the rest of the so-called ‘Web 2.0’ paraphernalia? Is it really something that’s going to cross the divide from the consumer world to business and people management? And what exactly does all this stuff do? ‘Hosted services’ are a completely different way to use HR, payroll and other business software. Instead of installing and managing applications yourself, service providers run them for you and charge for what you use. Big question: is there a catch? |
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Electronic absence managementThe UK government wants to automate sick notes... it's a start... - Health, Work and Wellbeing Steering Board Maybe it's about engagement?Still seeking to boost the performance of its workforce, the UK government focuses on the fundamentals - UK Trade and Investment Two sugars pleaseHow much time do British workers waste making tea? - www.hirescores.com/ RSS Feeds
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