Metrics are the key to effective business strategy
How are the best HR functions using metrics to inform and execute business strategy? Will HR ever add value to the business strategy through its development and execution of people strategy? If so, how will it prove it, and what are the benefits of being able to provide such proof? We at Orion Partners decided […]
Is HR too helpful?
Is HR too helpful? HR’s service-led culture is hampering the department in the business and preventing HR making its life easier, claims HR director Ed Golitko. "HR people are very service-oriented and you have to break them of that." So says Ed Golitko, human resources director at technology firm EMC and the man currently […]
Cloud Computing and its effect on the HR industry
The concept of ‘cloud computing’ is fast becoming the darling of the IT world. As one of the biggest changes to hit IT infrastructures since the invention of the personal computer, the rise of cloud-based computing is predicted to have an impact on organisations of all sizes. In the next few years, whether a corporation, […]
Met’s HR system £10 million over budget
After being attacked by David Cameron in the leader’s debates during the general election, there’s more bad news for the Met as it is revealed their HR system is £10 million over budget. The Metropolitan Police Service’s new HR system is currently £10 million over budget and running six months late, according to a report […]
Green jobs for the Welsh valleys
British Gas has opened a green skills training centre in South Wales, with the aim of equipping 1,300 local long-term unemployed and its own engineers with the necessary expertise to handle the emerging technology. The centre, which was opened by Carwyn Jones, First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government, is based in Tredegar in the […]
SuccessConnect: Get with the Cloud or lose your job in HR
Is Cloud Computing effectively calling the bluff of the HR director? For years HR people have longed for a seat on the board, complaining that they are unable to make their true contribution to adding business value to their organisations because they’re bogged down in traditional processes and paperwork. Cloud Computing potentially changes all […]
SuccessConnect: Dalgaard’s Wheel of Fortune
Cloud HR and Business Execution firm SuccessFactors has beefed up its portfolio with CEO Lars Dalgaard boasting that the firm now has so many offerings that he has to leave it up to pot luck to decide what to talk to customers about! Speaking at the firm’s New York Success Connect user conference, Dalgaard – […]
Would you ban email in the office?
Everyone hates spam. That much we know. But email has opened the lines of communication making conversations easy across the world. It’s a great invention and we’d never be without it – or would we? You’d never ban email in an office. Email has enabled great things to happen. But it has also, according to […]
The new succession planning
Self-service is turning traditional succession planning on its head, addressing the aspirations of high performing individuals throughout the organisation and improving business performance. When it comes to the risk of losing a senior executive, many organisations seek to avoid the potential disruption to business continuity and performance by identifying and grooming potential replacements. However, the […]
HR – do we have the technology, and do we love the technology?
Are HR managers geeks in disguise or firm technophobes? According to a recent survey most of us are into social media and tech but just wish we had more resources to spend on these shiny things. But is this accurate? On HRzone we’re investigating where you stand when it comes to technology in the organisation. […]
Can telecoms companies really help HR beyond phone networks?
Different providers are always vying to supply HR with business services – but can the telecoms industry really handle business services like IT as well as the phone networks? From a business perspective it is far easier to work with a partner that you can have a business conversation with because they understand your requirements […]
Survey: HR in the digital workplace
Understanding HR’s role in shaping the Digital Workplace. The proliferation of mobile devices and wireless internet access is creating the ‘always-on’ society. But is it affecting your business? Do you have workplace policies to deal with IT and social media usage? Take our anonymous survey. For organisations, the challenges are not just about which hardware […]
Top things an HR professional should consider when moving to the Cloud
Tom Fisher, VP of CLoud Computing at SuccessFactors, clears the fog surrounding the Cloud and gives his guide on how to move towards Cloud Computing as a HR leader. So you’ve decided to go to the Cloud! Essentially, you, as the HR leader, are delegating the application and its critical service levels – uptime and […]
Not safe for work – the prevalence of porn
With one in five men admitting to accessing porn at work, organisations know they are sitting on a potential time bomb. While accessing porn is not illegal – unless it is explicit – the risks associated with brand damage and employee harassment litigation are significant, says Andrew Millington. No organisation can impose an outright ban […]
Drowning in a sea of applications
When you have so many applicants to sift through, recruiting can seem a huge ordeal. Dan Hughes offers a lifebuoy and explains how it has worked for Waitrose. Many employers experience the challenge of sorting through a sea of job applications to find the select few with the greatest potential for success in their organisation. […]
Technology – HR’s best friend?
Taleo’s Judy Sweeney explains how technology is helping to boost HR’s status at board level by demonstrating the value investment in people strategies have on the bottom line. There’s been an evolution in the role of HR leaders and the technology that supports them. For years HR wanted to gain recognition at board level but […]
Does your organisation need some Saas?
Vincent Belliveau, EMEA general manager for Cornerstone OnDemand, examines why more companies are turning to software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for learning management, employee performance management, succession planning and more. It is recognised that information technology (IT) can help organisations manage their processes and information more efficiently and cost effectively, but HR managers are not IT specialists. […]
Harmonising HR and payroll – how technology can help
A new partnership is blossoming in Britain’s public and private sector: HR and payroll departments that have traditionally operated in isolation are getting together. As a result, technology is evolving rapidly to streamline the growing partnership. Graham Whitehouse, MD of the software division at HR and payroll firm Selima, looks at how well bespoke or […]
SuccessFactors acquires Inform
SuccessFactors has beefed up its business execution offering with the purchase of Inform, an Australian firm which offers consulting and software to help companies analyse and plan for the future of their workforce. SuccessFactors’ roots are in performance management and talent management, but the firm last year launched into an ambitious gambit to reposition as […]
Select HR bought by Access
Select HR, one of the UK’s dwindling band of independent HR software houses, has become part of the Essex-based business software group Access. The Select team will remain in Canterbury and operate as Access Select, a division of the wider group. The plan is to integrate the web-based Select HR suite with the accounting products […]
