Allyson Skene
Senior Solutions Consultant
Workday
“The challenges of organisations are changing,” Skene opened. HR in particular has been undergoing major changes throughout the last few years. Skene recalled how HR used to take the pen and paper approach to managing human capital, from manually writing up and calculating payroll, to planning and managing individuals.
When some of these 'traditional' aspects of HR were outsourced to software or otherwise automated, Skene recalls how the focus shifted to talent management. Managing 'talent' is something that has kept HR busy for quite some time. Skene opined that it's time for a change.
“We have gone from talent management to people management,” she said. One of the key questions in managing people, according to Skene, is how do we engage everyone? How do we get key people involved from all sides of the business?
“We need to empower and engage everyone in the organisation. There has never been a holistic approach to HR,” Skene commented. Her company, Workday, has automated the entire HR process, making it accessible and represents HR data in automated charts through its state of the art app, ensuring that even the least tech-savvy members of the company can access and interact with HR.
Paul Arkwright
Publisher
