Blog: how not to ruin a team in 10 conference calls
Working in virtual and ad-hoc teams is on the rise. Here at Brother, employees work in changing groups that often involve people in Japan, the States and all over Europe – some from within Brother, some from external suppliers, consultants and partners. Over the last 10 years, remote collaboration has usually been achieved through […]
Technology – HCM Cloud customers line up to make their choice
Analysts continue to cite the Cloud HCM market as the great battlefront for business applications in 2013. With Oracle rolling out its Fusion HCM offering, SAP putting its corporate weight behind SuccessFactors, Workday causing pain to the traditional HR powerhouses and Salesforce.com pitching its Rypple-flavoured offering, there’s certainly enough activity among the vendors to assume […]
Mid-Staffordshire: a challenge to HR to show its mettle
The Francis Report into the scandal of Stafford Hospital needs to be read thoroughly by all senior managers for the lessons to be learned about executive responsibility. The inquiry chaired by Robert Francis QC was set up to assess the wider lessons to be learnt by the NHS from the Staffordshire scandal where up to […]
Technology: stopping employees going rogue
It seems that stories of employees ‘going rogue’ are always in the press – but how can companies stop them before they make the headlines? Do you even know if you have a rogue employee? If you’re a large multi-national organisation, the laws of probability aren’t in your favour. Add to the mix a person […]
Social media powers bullying in the workplace
More than half of adults believe privacy in the workplace has been eroded with the proliferation of social media. According to a new study by AVG Technologies, mis-use of social media infiltrates the workplace with often negative effects on employees’ privacy, forcing many to switch off or limit their use of social networking sites. […]
Technology and the changing face of work
Stephen Walker dares to gaze into the future and predict the next working revolution and the skills that will be needed. The human race’s story is one of the development of technology. From the discovery of fire and the flint-cutting edge to the iPhone and 3D printing, technological developments have changed the daily tasks of […]
Technology: the shocking truth about HCM Cloud chief Lars Dalgaard
"What we’re seeing is a shocking uptake, extremely fast!" So declares the never knowingly under-enthusiastic Lars Dalgaard, former CEO and founder of Cloud HCM firm SuccessFactors and now Cloud chief at SAP. Dalgaard stepped up to his current role last year after the German giant bought out SuccessFactors as part of its own push into […]
The changing market for HCM applications
The market for HR applications is in a state of flux as a wealth of systems start coming up for renewal and cloud computing begins to enter the mainstream. Cloud offerings – where users pay a subscription to access software over the internet instead of licencing and running it in-house at a hefty capital cost […]
News: Law firm’s ‘be in the office by 9.15am or else’ email causes storm
An email from a British manager at a global law firm which demanded that lawyers in his Shanghai office stop coming into work late has caused a storm after going viral. In a lengthy memo circulated to all associates and staff that was subsequently leaked to a legal blog, Andrew McGinty, a managing partner at […]
Case Study: Inchcape Shipping Services standardises global HR to boost efficiency
Inchcape Shipping Services is in the process of standardising its HR processes in a bid to boost efficiency and better understand its workforce across the 67 countries in which it operates. Rapid growth and global expansion meant that the maritime services provider had so far failed to introduce global HR or any other IT systems […]
What does the future hold for HR?
The world of work has changed beyond recognition in recent years, with commentators predicting we are on the verge of a seismic shift not seen since the industrial revolution. In her book ‘The Shift: The future of work is already here’, Lynda Gratton highlights five forces that will result in profound changes to the […]
Vox Pops: How can you best build a business case for buying HR software?
What's the secret to coming up with a sound business case when purchasing HR applications? Attendees at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's HRD learning and development conference earlier this year share their insights:
Blog: Punk Rock HR – Counting down the top 10 Christmas HR tips
In this mini series, I’m going to count down 10 HR tips as seen through the eyes and ears of Punk Rock. A kind of "HR Top of the Pops" but without the DJ. No need to pogo whilst reading these unless you must. Punk HR refers to brevity, simplicity and purity of thought […]
Business Cloud Summit 2012: Live blog and tweets replay
NetSuite‘s chief executive, Zach Nelson, the Guardian‘s Charles Arthur and Home Office IT director Denise McDonagh are among the speakers at the Business Cloud Summit 2012 today in London. So we’re providing live coverage of the business content stream below: And if you want to follow our live tweeting from the event: cover://v/c09eb41358
Three considerations for effective succession planning
In the wake of the crisis that engulfed the BBC following the Jimmy Savile scandal, the broadcaster’s director general, George Entwistle, was forced to resign after only 54 days in the job. But less than a fortnight later, the BBC Trust was able to announce his replacement. Lord Tony Hall of Birkenhead, chief executive […]
News: UK HR pros least likely in world to use social media
HR professionals in the UK are the least likely in the world to use social media in order to identify prospective job candidates or communicate with staff. According to a new study of 1,500 hiring managers and HR professionals from around the globe entitled ‘2012 HR Beat‘, less than half (47%) of UK hiring managers use […]
Talent Spot: Louise Rooney, head of HR at ServiceSource
As HR manager at IT firm ServiceSource, Louise Rooney has a major recruitment job on her hands. When she first joined, the company’s headcount was about 120, but in less than a year, it had grown to 165 and there are plans to create another 100 posts over the next few months. “Sourcing the right […]
News: Learning management systems sector is now a “buyer’s market”
A combination of increasing commoditisation and slowing growth in the adoption of learning management systems is making it a buyer’s market, research has indicated. A report conducted by Bersin & Associates predicted that sector growth was likely to drop to 10.4% globally between 2012 and 2013 compared with 14.7% between 2011 and 2012 – although […]
Infographic: How staff engagement boosts business performance
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A buyer’s guide to talent management software
Over the last 18 months, the talent management software sector has changed beyond all recognition, which has led to a lot of general confusion. Underpinning these changes has been the growing importance of talent management as a discipline as well as a shift away from on-premise systems towards cloud or Software-as-a-Service options. The impact […]
