In general, businesses have been slow to take advantage of fully web enabled HR systems.
There seem to be a number of reasons for this:
- fear of loss of control of data
- concerns over security of data over the Internet
- and maybe the most important, the HR software industry hasn't provided really excellent systems!
Thankfully there is a good response to all of the above concerns and take up is increasing. There are significant benefits that web-based solutions offer over and above traditional systems
Top of the list of benefits when moving to a web system is that it allows HR processes to be deployed to all the appropriate members of the workforce wherever they are. Add to this the fact that the best systems allow users to configure and manage these processes from end to end. If access to processes is provided on a community basis there are huge time savings available. Managers will need to access a different range of processes (eg manage sickness) to their employees (eg book a holiday). And, of course, the HR department and key business managers will need access to a wide range of information across all areas of the business. When the ability to deploy and action HR processes to and from any location is combined with community based access, the result is like having an HR manager at every desk. Furthermore, with the demands on businesses to adapt to and support more flexible working practices continually growing, this remote access is crucial in enabling a mobile workforce.
At long last we are starting to see HR departments get the budgets and therefore the systems they deserve.
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