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Most of us are Ants
Read more: Most of us are AntsSaratoga says that large organizations have an average of 7 to 9 hierarchical levels. This means from the top to the bottom, there are 8 layers of management. I’m going to make some assumptions and say that a lot of these organizations (based on the fact that they are mostly older, more mature organizations), are…
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Turnover analytics and employee utilization
Unicru put out a nice whitepaper entitles “Why Analyzing Turnover Is Not Enough.” You can register to download it for free here. In it, the author describes how extending the conceptual data framework around turnover and expanding data results across other measures, your turnover statistics can become drivers for higher employee utilization and cost savings.…
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Talent optimization and engagement
Somehow, I’ve gotten myself into a bind by promising a write-up on what I perceive to be the linkage between employee acquisition, retention, satisfaction, and engagement. I’ve mentioned it here and here, but have not really had the time to put this all on paper. First off, let’s start with a very simple pictorial and…
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Free downloadable HRMS comparison
HR Executive magazine has this on their website. It’s a nice grid of software that is fairly simple to read. http://www.workindex.com/hrexecutive/images/hrms_bg.pdf They also had this guide to specialty software (what I call point solutions) in the same format. So if you are looking for LMS, ATS or whatever… http://www.workindex.com/hrexecutive/images/specsoftware_bg.pdf
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ADP’s SAP platform comes to North America
I’ve been hinting that ADP would go to SAP globally for HR/PR. The U.S. and central/south America will be the last ones, but here’s a press release saying Asia, Europe and Canada are on.
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Total Comp Statement Implementations
Regina had this to say about total compensation statements (TCS) and branding. I absolutely agree. However, I wanted to write about some of the technical considerations around TCS as well. We all know that implementation for any system is never as simple as it should be. Ideally TCS should be composed of ALL the elements…
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Work life balance and retention
Also from World at Work, Watson Wyatt announced a new study saying that work life balance is a major driver of retention. However, the study that 80% of employee think work life is important and 40% are looking for jobs is not news. The question is if the 2 factors are related. I can’t buy…
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Many to Many internet applications
Harold Jarche pointed to this at the same time that elearnspace pointed to this. In these businessweek articles is a nice overview of the internet application transformation. I’m a bit short of understanding of where we are in this framework as HR practitioners though. Does HR currently have many to many HR applications (dispersed HR…
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Marsh Mac not selling Mercer
I hate being wrong. Here’s a story saying MMC is keeping Mercer.
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Just a couple of HRO news notes
New press release from EquaTerra who apparently did a new BPO study. Basically it says that the majority of BPO (includes HRO and FAO) clients are satisfied with their process improvements and that the market is expected to grow. No surprises here, but I thought I’d include the link in case anyone finds it useful.…
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Workscape code development certified
I honestly don’t know much about Workscape code, architecture and design. I was involved in a project with them about 5 years ago when the organization and product were in their infancy and they were impressive at that time. Since then, further product development and functionality have lead me to believe they are among the…