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A little bit of HR heaven as Kutik tackles the toughie from Southie

A little bit of HR heaven as Kutik tackles the toughie from Southie

By Phil Fersht on May 9, 2014

Christa Degnan Manning talked with Bill Kutik about the Extended Enterprise, the Employee Experience, Workforce Enablement, and hybrid HCM systems

Posted in Business | Tagged Bill Kutik, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), christa degnan manning, Global Business Services, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR BPO, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, HRO, IaaS and BPaaS, Outsourcing Vendors, PaaS, SaaS, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, The Bill Kutik Radio Show

Naomi Bloom: HRO needs to focus on business analyst services, not call center/manual processing

Naomi Bloom: HRO needs to focus on business analyst services, not call center/manual processing

By Phil Fersht on December 18, 2013

It will be fascinating to see if the larger SIs and/or HRO providers will be able to craft just the right mix of quality and cost-effectiveness to be successful in delivering much smaller, less labor-intensive and more tool-based implementation and post-implementation HR services.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, HRO, IaaS and BPaaS, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Naomi Bloom, Outsourcing Advisors, Outsourcing Heros, Outsourcing Vendors, PaaS, Phil Fersht, SaaS, SMAC and Big Data, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — What Impresses Me

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — What Impresses Me

By Naomi Bloom on April 8, 2013

Show Me The Money! [After many vendor briefings in Q1 2011, I published a series of blog posts summarizing my reactions to those briefings which really captured, as of then, how I evaluated vendors and their products/services.  Rereading those posts after a two year hiatus, I was struck not only by their relevance to my […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged best practices, HRM BPO, HRM Software, HRM/IT Intersection, HRO, SaaS, Vendor Briefings/Demos

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — Capability Matters

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — Capability Matters

By Naomi Bloom on April 3, 2013

[After many vendor briefings in Q1 2011, I published a series of blog posts summarizing my reactions to those briefings which really captured, as of then, how I evaluated vendors and their products/services.  Rereading those posts after a two year hiatus, I was struck not only by their relevance to my current thinking about this […]

Posted in Business | Tagged best practices, HRM BPO, HRM Software, HRM/IT Intersection, HRO, SaaS, Vendor Briefings/Demos

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — Strategy Matters

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — Strategy Matters

By Naomi Bloom on April 1, 2013

Happy Pesach!  And for those of you with a few minutes to spare, this video from http://www.maccabeats.com will get you into the right mood.  For those of you who celebrate Pesach, and for those of you who don’t, my personal prayer is that every form of slavery, from physical to economic to psychological, will be wiped out […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged best practices, HRM BPO, HRM Software, HRM/IT Intersection, HRO, SaaS, Vendor Briefings/Demos

Reprise — How I Evaluate Vendors/Products — Ambition Matters

Reprise — How I Evaluate Vendors/Products — Ambition Matters

By Naomi Bloom on March 18, 2013

Show Me The Money! [After many vendor briefings in Q1 2011, I published a series of blog posts summarizing my reactions to those briefings which really captured, as of then, how I evaluated vendors and their products/services.  Rereading those posts after a two year hiatus, I was struck not only by their relevance to my current […]

Posted in Business | Tagged best practices, HRM BPO, HRM Software, HRM/IT Intersection, HRO, SaaS, Vendor Briefings/Demos | 1 Response

Reprise In Time For #HRTechConf: Do You Know How To Answer These Questions?

Reprise In Time For #HRTechConf: Do You Know How To Answer These Questions?

By Naomi Bloom on October 5, 2012

[I posted the original version of this on 9-12-2011, just in time for last year’s HR Technology Conference.  Now here we are again, in frantic last minute preparations, but so wanting to be sure that our conference plans are focused on the important HRM delivery system issues that we’re facing.  So I thought it was […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Bloom & Wallace Engagements, Debunking/Calling Out, Enterprise Irregulars, enterprise software, Follow The Yellow Brick Road, HR Tech Conference, HRMDS, HRO, Strategic HRMDS Planning | 1 Response

It’s more about technology than ever for HR executives…

It’s more about technology than ever for HR executives…

By Phil Fersht on September 20, 2012

Our trusted friends, over at the HR department, haven’t given up the ghost in helping their organizations close these capability gaps either… and they look beyond service providers alone as the solution: they want to invest in better technology. So where better to spend your time that at the HR technology in Chicago from October 8-10, 2012, where Bill Kutik and crew will put on their annual ode to the world of…. HR technology.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Bill Kutik, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Enterprise Irregulars, HR, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, HR Technology Conference, HRO, IaaS and BPaaS, Naomi Bloom, Outsourcing Events, Outsourcing Research, Outsourcing Vendors, PaaS, Pete Ackerson, SaaS, The Future of Outsourcing

SAP + SuccessFactors = Great for SAP, but could restrict growth potential for the HR services industry

SAP + SuccessFactors = Great for SAP, but could restrict growth potential for the HR services industry

By Phil Fersht on December 4, 2011

With SAP’s move to “Cloudify” its software portfolio with the $3.4bn acquisition of the darling of HR software, SuccessFactors, we do not believe this is particularly good news for BPO service providers and services clients

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged BPO, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, Enterprise Irregulars, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, HRO, Innovation in Outsourcing, Outsourcing and Technology, Outsourcing Vendors, Phil Fersht, Ray Wang, SaaS, sap, SAPSFSF, Sourcing Best Practises, Sourcing Change Management, SuccessFactors

HR Leaders: Do You Know How To Answer These Questions?

HR Leaders: Do You Know How To Answer These Questions?

By Naomi Bloom on September 12, 2011

Dr. Naomi Is In! Unlike my good friend Ray Wang, there are no Naomi clones.  Just this solo consultant trying to save the world from bad HRM and HRM delivery systems.   And while I’m a pretty productive and hard worker, there aren’t enough hours in a lifetime to support every HR exec who comes calling with their […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Debunking/Calling Out, enterprise software, Follow The Yellow Brick Road, HR Tech Conference, HRMDS, HRO, Human Resource, Human resource management, Outsourcing, Strategic HRMDS Planning, talent management, workday | 2 Responses

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