Interfacing Technology With Strategic HR

Concept Epitomes

Managing strategic HR through the use of technology has been illustrated through self explanatory concept diagrams shown below which relate to Talent Management. Organizations can steer themselves to speedy success if they consider the deployment of technology in their HR domain as a strategic initiative.

Figure 1: Talent Management Process

Table 1: Sample Conditions for entry into Talent Pipeline

Note: NITP means present incumbent not in talent pipeline

Figure 2: Talent Pipeline Sample

Figure 3: Employee Dashboard

Technology as an Integrator

Technology enabled integrated HR helps in creating a single data base to be shared by all HR processes in an organization.

This dispenses with the multiplicity of effort in maintaining multiple data bases, with the associated problems of mismatched data (due to stand alone updates) leading to faulty/ delayed decisions.

All information is available on line with the pressing of a few buttons: the automated work flows move Forms, Reports & Messages and the system provides quick reference to the past data of an employee.

All these aspects can not be managed adequately with the best of manual/ paper based systems designed by the most versatile HR staff.

Conclusions: To manage human resources qualitatively, both for strategic & operational needs, implementation of integrated HR solutions can not be deferred for long without losing the competitive edge.