Marketing Human Resources The field of Marketing provides some transformational parallels for the HR professional looking for a change in perspective.  A poorly marketed product suffers from internal and external obstacles: lack of sales = engagement (internal) and recruiting (external) poor customer retention =  satisfaction (internal) and turnover (external) weak brand recognition = culture (internal) and communications [...]

Hana, as SAP claims, is a step in the right direction strategically for SAP BW / BI.  It does reduce more complex queries and mathematical operations from minutes to seconds.    It does have a nicer looking, more user friendly interface.  Lastly, it does claim to account for easy integration needs external to SAP.  Here’s the [...]

Among the major forces impacting the HR and IT landscapes over the next 5-10 years there are 3 which require a serious look at strategic HR master data management approaches: 1)  Process globalization 2)  Software fragmentation (SaaS) 3)  Data Proliferation / Increasing Compliance Risk The HR data warehouse is the long term solution to manage cost and risk while continually [...]

Having spent the past 15+ years in Human Resources technology,  I am generally excited about the things happening with SaaS, Mobile, and Analytics software and technology helping HR bring long awaited strategic value to organizations globally.  However, it is critical that businesses do not out-innovate themselves operationally.   Technology moves at such a rapid pace [...]

This series of entries covers the major forces shaping the HR and Technology functions in global organizations over the next 5 to 10 years.  This will cover perspectives through 3 lenses:  shifts in HR as a strategic function, shifts in technology landscapes specifically related to HR, and the effects of globalization on HR. Major tectonic [...]

In this post I will cover a brief introduction to the terminology of Business Intelligence to cover some of the basic concepts often discussed in Analytics software and reporting.  While the concepts can and do fill many books, current HR software typically does not contain the breadth of data required to go beyond the basics [...]

During the past 10 years Human Resources departments, along with HR software vendors, have been focused on consolidating HR data under common processes and technology with varying degrees of success.   Even those companies who have managed to tackle global HR Process alignment still have difficulty knowing what to do with Payroll processes and technology. [...]