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  • HR 2006 Intro – HR Strategy – What Is It ?!?

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    This is part 1 of a 4 part series on the future of HR. It will run every Monday for 4 weeks. I’d also like to mention that Jeff has alredy started a series on HR strategy here. Part of…

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    HRO Strategy Guide

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    Sometimes a firm actually publishes a study that is neither ‘salesy’ or full of common sensical information that we already knew. Deloitte put out a “Making HR Business Process Outsourcing Work”Deloitte Consulting, November 9, 2005. “Making HR Business Process Outsourcing…

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    Wal Mart HMO – really…

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    Nope, I wasn’t kidding. Is there anything that the “great” Wal Mart won’t do or try? Wal Mart HMO press release. ExtendChoice(TM) is a defined contribution health care program that allows employers to provide their employees tax free dollars to…

  • Talent Part 1 – HCI on Talent and Engagement

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    This is the first of at least 2 parts. I’m figuring this one out as I go. The Human Capital Institute started this thread on Engaging Talent starting with the dictionary meaning of the words “engage” and “Talent.” As you…

  • HR-XML is blogging

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    Am I the only one who didn’t know this? They are mostly posting news items at the moment, but perhaps they will develop into more original content. Here they are.

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    TMS Automation Debate Revisited

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    There has been a bit too much debate on this topic not to bring it back in the new year. I think it really comes down to some of our fundamental philosophies on how we allow technology to impact our…

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    ADP Benefit TCO study

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    ADP’s benefit TCO study presented some very interesting numbers as well as a few questions: First, I’m not at all surprised that outsourced benefit administration is less costly from a TCO (total cost of ownership) measure than in-house benefit admin….

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    Who/What I’ll be Watching in 2006

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    Vendors: Success Factors – Good functionality built on good technology. Add to that a positive cash flow and things are looking up. Authoria – Strong brand, technology and marketing. I’m not sure what 2006 looks like for them, but I…

  • My Top 10 Most Viewed Posts in 2005

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    I lied – one more post. Ok – so I’ve only been around since March. Who cares? It staggers me to think about everything we’ve covered. From employer branding, engagement, onboarding, technology, vendors, strategies, and just good ‘ol news. I’ve…

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    2006 HR Technology Outlook – last post of 2005

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    As my last post of the year, I was going to do the standard year end list. But then I thought better and rather than putting in time that very few people are going to read, I thought I’d drag…

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    ACS for sale – $8B

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    Ok – I’m trying to not post at the end of the year, but this is news worth posting. A consortium of investment firms is in talks to acquire Affiliated Computer Services, a technology outsourcing company with clients that include…

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    Improving the quality of Communications – Part 2 of 2

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    View part 1 here. Jason wrote this post about The Manager’s Role in PerformanceCorsello, Jason, December 19, 2005. “The Manager’s Role in Performance.” Retrieved from http://jasoncorsello.blogs.com on December 19, 2005. a couple days ago. Seemed to fit into this topic…

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    Improving the quality of Communications – Part 1 of 2

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    Employee Engagement at 14% Worldwide Actually, I’ll place a healthy bet that all bloggers and almost all blog readers are highly engaged. Let’s face it, for you to search out pages like this one instead of SHRM.com takes some effort….

  • Mergers and 20 dumb things…

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    Listen, I can go off topic sometimes, right? Gautam’s post on Tom Peter’s 20 dumbest business practices reminded me of something else I read recently: TP: Mergers of Decrepit Monsters! GG: Merging for the heck of it! SA: More Often…

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    ADP’s On-Demand HRMS Direction

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    I saw this press release and got to thinking about ADP’s direction with HRMS. Why do I keep talking about ADP and why are they important? Being the 10,000 lb. gorilla in the payroll market, they are actually also one…

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    TAS Vendor Scorecard

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    Well, I’ve done talent management scorecards a few times, but never talent acquisition. This is not really a scorecard or vendor functionality comparison. Here are my top 4 vendors and a few notes about them. This is not a review…

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    TMS (non) fiancials

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    I seem to have made the quite unwise statement that I would attempt to evaluate the financials of several TMS vendors. Realizing now that I should take that statement back (entirely possible with just a quick stroke of the keyboard)…

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    Technology, Automation, and Talent Case Studies

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    I found this article in CFO Magazine’s online Fall 2005 issue. The full text is quite long and located here. It is a well written piece by Scott Leibs from September 15, 2005. Anything in block quotes below is a…

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    CFO Magazine Survey on Employee Performance

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    As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, I found this article at CFO.com on employee productivity. CFO Staff, September 15, 2005. “Our Assets, Ourselves,” CFO.com. Retrieved December 8, 2005 from CFO.com. First of all, many of the 170 CFO’s surveyed came…

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    Has Oracle Forgotten About the HR Suite?

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    Jason posted the same topic on SAP. Corsello, Jason, December 12, 2005. “Has SAP Forgotten About HR?” The Human Capitalist. Retrieved December 12, 2005 from http://jasoncorsello.blogs.com. If anyone was at Oracle World a few months ago, you’ll recall seeing all…