BlogERP: Jim Holincheck's HCM Software Blog

links for 2007-08-28

• Business & Technology | In hiring surge, Uncle Sam wants you, you and you | Seattle Times Newspaper
  Whether or not you believe that there is a looming talent shortage, there will certainly be competition for knowledge workers.
  (tags: recruiting)
• Knowledge Infuser: 'Talent Management' Strategies Pay Off
  Some interesting data on the impact of talent management.
  (tags: talentmanagement)

links for 2007-08-25

• Taleo Blog - Talent Management Solutions - Strategic HR Issues Dominate SMB Challenges
  Good information about SMB challenges in talent management.
  (tags: talentmanagement)
• opinions and evidence. The Trouble With Enterprise Software. « Vendorprisey
  I had drafted a post about this, but Thomas does a more thorough job than I had planned. I would add that though ERP is not perfect, what it replaced was not without its own challenges.
  (tags: ERP)
• Spiceworks - Sponsored Software : Venture Chronicles
  I have written previously about the possibility of ad-sponsored business software. Here is an example.
  (tags: SaaS)
• Jon Ingham's Strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) Blog
  For those interested in strategic HCM issues, check out Jon's blog. It is a good read (I have added it to my RSS feed).
  (tags: HCM strategy)

links for 2007-08-22

• BusinessWeek Online: BW Magazine: Future of Work
  BusinessWeek has put together a tremendous set of articles about the future of work. It is well worth exploring.
  (tags: management web2.0 workforce HCM)
• Dow Chemical to Launch Corporate Social Networks
  For those interested in social networking and how to apply it to HCM problems.
  (tags: socialnetworking)

links for 2007-08-21

• » Ever Wonder Why Upgrades Are So Damn Hard? | Enterprise Anti-matter | ZDNet.com
  A good post on why business applications have become more complex and are difficult to upgrade.
  (tags: ERP upgrade)
• The Human Capitalist » Its All About Succession, Stupid
  Jason Corsello does a nice job describing the importance of succession management.
  (tags: talentmanagement retention)
• Knowledge Infuser: Talent Shortage Puts Abbott Exec In Proactive Mode
  A good case study on the importance of proactive talent management.
  (tags: talentmanagement)

More on Workday

Workday recently announced its Financials products and it has received a lot of coverage in the press and blogging community.  Here is some of the coverage:

• Dan Farber and Larry Dignan describe the announcement from Workday (along with some graphics from the pitch)
• Nicholas Carr weighs in about Workday's pitch calling it potentially "The End of ERP" much like Salesforce.com pitched "The End of Software".
• Phil Wainewright does a nice job discussing the implications of Workday's in-memory database architecture approach and the flexibility it affords over the traditional RDBMS approach employed in ERP solutions.
• David Dobrin does an excellent job of exploring in more detail Workday's use of in-memory database and walks through an example (this goes in the I wish I had thought of doing that department) of how it can potentially enhance flexibility.  It is well worth the read.
• Dennis Howlett does a great job of explaining why Workday's approach to Financials is both old and new at the same time.  In addition, he discusses specifically in the context of Financials how Workday's approach provides additional flexibility.

Gartner published (now archived on Gartner.com) a First Take at this time Workday launched its HCM applications in November 2006 for those interested in our discussion of some of these points.

links for 2007-08-18

• Gautam Ghosh - Management Consultant: Psychometric tests are useful?
  Here is a different, and cautionary, take on behavioral assessments.
  (tags: recruiting)

links for 2007-08-17

• Gautam Ghosh - Management Consultant: Out of control turnover
  An interesting post about good and bad turnover. It is a good reminder that all turnover is not equal.
  (tags: retention talentmanagement)
• systematicHR - Human Resources Strategy and Technology » Creating Effective Collaboration Networks
  systematicHR does a good job of discussing the opportunities for collaboration/social networks. I think the opportunity is there too, but before we get too carried away with the hype, we need to define some good use cases where this can really benefit.
  (tags: socialnetworking collaboration)
• » SaaS invades enterprise software markets | Software as Services | ZDNet.com
  If you have not seen Gartner's forecast for the growth of SaaS, this is a good post that discusses things that may accelerate or decelerate the growth.
  (tags: SaaS enterprise2.0)
• The CareerXroads Annex: OFCCP Final Rule on Job Postings Delivered August 8 | ERE Blog Network
  For you geeky recruiting types, this post contains some important information on the latest from the OFCCP.
  (tags: recruiting)
• » Couldn’t enterprises outsource their internal white pages to FaceBook? | Berlind’s Testbed | ZDNet.com
  Yes, they could replace internal employee directories and probably increasingly will (or be replaced by more corporate versions like SelectMinds and MentorScout).
  (tags: Facebook web2.0 workforce socialnetworking)
• Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: VMware, Xen and the hardware business
  The concept of Virtualization of servers may seem a little on the technical side. However, this technology can allow vendors that do not have multi-tenant architected solutions to be SaaS providers.
  (tags: virtualization SaaS)
• The CareerXroads Annex: Video Resumes: One Opinion, One Rant | ERE Blog Network
  This is a great post on the use of video for recruiting specifically and HCM in general.
  (tags: recruiting)

ANZ - An Emerging Hotbed of HCM Software Innovation

It occurred to me today as I was looking back at many of the news items I get in various forms that there is a lot going on in Australia/New Zealand.  Here is a list of innovative HCM solutions coming from Australia/New Zealand:

• Aruspex -- Workforce Planning and Modeling
• InfoHRM -- Workforce Planning and Analytics
• PeopleStreme -- Talent Management Application Suite (including Workforce Planning)
• Sonar6 -- Performance and Succession Management

Sure, it is not a long list today, but it is good to see HCM software innovation coming from all parts of the world.

Update:  Sonar6 is from New Zealand, not Australia.  So, I updated the post title to more accurately reflect the situation.

links for 2007-08-14

• Taleo Blog - Talent Management Solutions - Baby Boomers: The Beat Goes On
  Interesting data on the pending baby boomer retirement plus strategies companies are using to deal with the potential issue.
  (tags: talentmanagement)
• When consumer meets enterprise.. « Vendorprisey
  More about the future of the application user experience.
  (tags: ERP HCM web2.0)
• Remote Workers - The Performance & Talent Management Blog » Post Archive
  A good post about the offsite workforce.
  (tags: talentmanagement)

links for 2007-08-10

• Services Safari: Finding the Right IT Talent
  Brian Sommer has an interesting post looking hiring IT talent.
  (tags: recruiting)