It’s incredible how markets have jumped onto the digital bandwagon in such a short period of time. This has meant that in this day and age, data and analytics have become the keystone buzzwords. While many companies have made digital transitions to many aspects of their operation, some companies also need to work to create change for some departments to drive their digital transformation further.
The Problem
It’s remarkable how different aspects of business functions have prioritized digital transformation, and far behind the critical areas covered by human resources. Most often than not, you’ll see HR workers poring over contracts, shredding papers and handing out payslips. In fact, many of the concerns that workers have about human resources have a great deal to do with the processing time of the requests submitted. A significant contributor to the traffic jam in the processing of these requests lies in the many routine activities that many HR workers are expected to perform. It can take up much of their time, from running the same training programs in person over and over again to manually reviewing payroll and tax computations. They can use that opportunity to focus on more critical activities.
The Solution
Limiting the amount of boring activities HR has to do each day will do a great deal to accelerate HR services. Automating these processes with a diversified suite of workplace solutions would free up HR time so that the team can concentrate on achieving high-value targets rather than tedious administrative tasks. For example, pay disputes are a common problem most businesses face. This is also induced by the failure of the timekeeping system to communicate with the system where workers are filing their leave requests. Having a robust method of timekeeping that combines paid holidays and sick days will discourage workers from ever having to challenge their payslips. This frees up time so that HR can work on a broader scale to incorporate improvements.
The Future
Automating specific procedures related to human resources does more than just freeing up time. It also helps businesses to use augmented analytics to help them find out how to improve their processes or to recognize points of pain that need attention. Doing so will significantly increase on-the-job efficiency. Through automated workplace systems in place, departments of human resources such as talent management will take advantage of the data already set out for them. Using analytics tools for people, they can recruit top talent, reduce employee turnover, and boost long-term business results.
The Conclusion
Managing human resources in today’s data-centered environment needs to grow beyond pen and paper. For companies gaining global scope, the number of employees to be handled by human resources has risen significantly. With such an enormous amount, not being able to use all the information these employees provide effectively will put a wrench on any business’ success. This is why companies need to turn their approaches to human resource solutions digitally.
