“There are more questions than answers” as the old song goes, and in some philosophical circles you can’t get the debate going until you have agreed on the question you are attempting to answer. In August, we ponder some powerful questions asked by some of the most perceptive HR analysts, consultants, gurus and futurists.
If you could change one thing about HR, what would it be?
What will managing tomorrow’s people will be like in 2020?
With large change programmes, should we “transform” or “tweak”?
Is SaaS in HCM all that it is cracked up to be?
Finally, if management consultants are so bad, why are they still around?
Here are 10 of the best HR Transformation articles from August. Thanks to everyone who has sent their Top 10 ideas, this is much appreciated - @AndySpence on Twitter.
This article delves into the drivers that will shape our future working lives. With refreshing insight, it develops three possible Worlds as a context to understanding future organisations. Find out whether the future really is Orange, Blue or Green.
A great article which highlights some of the challenges of people management in the future, and some opportunities for HR.
In this article, Jim Holincheck, managing VP at Gartner Research, debunks some prevalent HCM SaaS myths. Propositions such as “SaaS is only for less complex problems”, and interestingly, “Saas is less expensive” are analysed with Jim’s usual clarity.
His perspective on SaaS in HCM is not negative, “I actually do believe that it is the future in HCM solutions. However, it is a not a panacea.”
What would you change about HR? This is a great ‘guest post’ on XpertHR from Glyn Lumley, otherwise known as the writer of the HR Maverick Blog. There have been lots of interesting responses, but this was our favourite so far. Find out “Why” we think this was a thought provoking article.
Well done to the XpertHR team for posing this great question and opening it up to Guest Bloggers Contact Michael Carty if you would like to contribute your response.
According to Mark, HR has 3 paths to choose from : “do nothing”, “break it apart” or “radically transform”. Read the 20 page slide deck and decide which option makes most sense for your organisation.
Do you “transform” or deliver change through continuous improvement initiatives? This 12 page pdf from Booz & Co does not offer anything particularly new, but this subject is definitely worth thinking about before embarking on critical (and expensive) change programmes.
Many thanks to Dave Millner at Kenexa, @Kenexa_HR_Inst on Twitter, who passed on this article, Dave consistently provides the best HR Transformation, HCM and leadership articles through his tweets.
Assessing the difference in perception between “importance vs effectiveness” for areas in HR is an excellent tool in our experience. Keith Dunbar used this to great effect at a recent conference. The No.1 human capital challenge was “Defining skills, knowledge and capabilities to execute business strategy.” My concerns continue that there is such a wide gap between importance and effectiveness – find out Keith’s views on how to bridge the gap.
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October 1st, 2010 at 3:09 pm
thanks for the list! was very helpful. saved me alot of time also!