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HR Tech Busts and Musts in 2016
HR is one of the fields that is undergoing a technological transformation. Businesses are being faced with a whole range of new employee-focused systems that are making all processes of the human resources management easy to manage. One such technology that has changed HR is the cloud-based HR technology. This technology has made the HR leaders to find themselves in a new position of responsibility. However, even with technology expected to make things better for the HR managers, it is by no means an all-encompassing solution to all the organizational HR issues. The following are "Musts" and "Busts" in 2016.
HR tech "Musts" in 2016
Mobile platform
HR has been slow to uptake the new technologies after the rest of the world has adapted. However, this is about to change with the many vendors creating mobile friendly and smart user interfaces meant to appeal the top talents of today who grew up with technology. The creative mobile friendly user interfaces will allow the digital natives to apply for jobs on their mobile devices and help the organizations to attract new talents.
Enterprise systems
Many smart enterprises are switching to SaaS (News - Alert) (Software-as-a-Service) models to provide their services such as HR and finance platforms to businesses of any size. One such platform is Workday. These platforms are changing the game for SMEs, and the market can expect more of these platforms as they transition to the cloud.
Enhanced employee engagement
Businesses have embraced the tech solutions to promote engagement through learning and development in the job. The smarter and collaborative tools make engagement more efficient to boost job satisfaction and innovation.
New performance appraisal systems
HR software management platforms have been introduced to ensure the performance of employee can be tracked easily on an ongoing basis. These new platforms are based on continuing, constructive conversation, and performance feedbacks of the employees.
Big data
The growth of analytics is one impact of technology that has no signs of slowing. Big data is giving organizations new and innovative ways of making strategic decisions faster, and improving their operational intelligence. The HR managers of today's businesses are forced to make decisions based seemingly on unrelated data to gain new insights.
HR tech "Busts" in 2016
Cloud HR technology will make you a better practitioner
The belief that technology is about to be a "saving grace" for the practitioners is a myth. Many people think it will provide them with business influence, credibility, organizational respect or new-found competencies. The fact is Cloud HR Technology is just a mirror that reflects how updated the practitioners are. The technology always reflects the skills of the HR professionals.
HR technology will be cost effective
The reason an organization should opt for the cloud HR technology can only be based on manageability, but not the cost. The initial cost is usually low, but monthly operations cost may soon add up as the organization grows.
HR technology will rewrite your day-to-day processes
Moving the HR records to the cloud HR technology is a better shift of the business to how the HR operates. The cloud HR technology cannot define or shape the spectrum of your business processes. Its role is only to automate logical system steps.
HR technology will make management more straightforward
Many businesses like to explain that HR technology makes management easier. The fact is making things faster through automation, access or expediting the end-user services, does not negate the role of human complexity. The effectiveness of the HR management still requires the reasoning, innovation, negotiation, judgment, and evidence by HR professionals.
Edited by Stefania Viscusi