systematicHR
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Terrorism, telecommuting, and technology
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In a freakish twist, some government officials are promoting telecommuting as a possible cornerstone of security in the face of terrorist threats. It seems that in the even of…
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Oracle and PeopleSoft
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Looks like Oracle’s aquisition strategy is generally working out. While Oracle’s net profits are down due to increased short term expense, it looks like they will be hanging onto…
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IM as part of your technology strategy
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HR.com pushed out a very interesting article about IM and how it can reshape communications in your organization. “The promise of IM is compelling: real-time, text-based communication that cuts…
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Does Kronos own Kronos HR?
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I’m posting this because I’m fairly ticked off about a “conversation” I had with someone on another bulletin board. During this conversation (with many other people) I expressed some…
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Current Reading for HR portals
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Here’s a newish Deloitte whitepaper on HR portals. This is a short but sweet write-up on some important aspects to consider when selecting a portal technology. Keep in mind…
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Offshoring as Outsourcing
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Offshoring is a huge topic these days, and as it impacts HR and I can tie it to outsourcing, I’ll write about it. If you are curious, here are…
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HR Stocks outperform NASDAQ index by 12%
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Robert Baird’s Human Capital Services Metrics, Analysis and Perspective report for (you can download it for free at HR.com) 02/05 noted that HR Administrative services such as ADP, Ceridian…
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Single sourcing HRO?
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What’s up with HRO vendors revisited. As sort of a follow-up to my last post on HR Consultancies, here’s an interesting article about HRO and the wisdom of single…
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Mercer is still the biggest, but are they the best?
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Yesterday’s Business Insurance Magazine survey on biggest HR and Benefit Consultancies named Mercer as both the largest worldwide and U.S HR consultancy. Among tier 1 HR consultancies (I’d say…
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Implementation glitches and huge clients
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Apparently Fidelity’s benefit administration services division screwed up 22,000 GM employees and retirees who no longer have benefits (temporarily). Now, I don’t usually comment on benefits administration, but as…
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ESS, ROI, and SHRM
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If you have access to SHRM.org, you might want to check out an article called “Leveraging the Shift to Self-Service-It’s Time to Go Strategic” by “Leslie A. Weatherly, SPHR,…
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HR isn’t a people business anymore
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This is kind of an interesting post for anyone who still thinks HR is an administrative function and for people who want to enter HR because they are people…
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HRO prices going down for small business
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This Inc. article is a nice review of costs of HRO for smaller businesses. Although I really don’t focus on small business, it’s difficult to provide economies of scale…
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Sungard is going private
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In a surprising move (to me) Sungard is going private with the purchase of the company by a group of investors. Why is this important to HR? There are…
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Mellon HRMS Survey for 2005 – Immature HRO Industry
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Again, here’s another somewhat self serving HRMS survey, but Mellon actually surveyed a couple hundred HR and finance professionals, so it looks pretty good and objective. Also, Mellon was…
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SHRM and NPR – just a personal pet peeve
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OK – this has nothing to do with actual HR operations or technology, but it really irks me that NPR is sponsored by SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)….
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How Interest rate hikes affect ROI
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As interest rates keep inching higher, HR professionals often have trouble with creating ROI presentations that are meaningful to financial executives. This week, Greenspan announced that there is some…
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IT doesn’t want technology, top management does!!
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In a bizzar twist, AT Kearny announced a new survey saying that IT professionals were less likely to want to be on the “bleeding edge” of technology than many…
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Aon’s self serving press release and ROI
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I promise I will do a post on ROI in the near future. This is a bit of a rant about consutling company studies that are publisehd in trade…
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Sarbanes Oxley and a case for Outsourcing
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Thought I’d take a minute to comment on Deloitte’s top 10 problems for financial reporting in 2005. See it here Note that the top 2 items are very HR…