Managing Data for the New Global Workforce

Abstract

More organizations are entering the global marketplace and are now faced with managing a global workforce. Confronted with the disparate HR systems and processes typically used across international offices, it can be hard for companies to pull together even the most basic information about employees. This prevents them from leveraging their global workforce, a powerful strategic business asset. Two of the keys to solving this problem are data consolidation and the adoption of processes that will allow organizations to make the best use of this data while delivering HR services effectively and efficiently. Conceptually, these steps may seem simple, but many organizations find that implementing the technologies and structures to meet these goals on a global scale can quickly become complicated. As a result, companies are turning to business process outsourcing to provide the tools and expertise needed. This in turn allows the HR department to manage more strategic processes and become a partner to other parts of the organization, developing workforce strategies that align with corporate strategies to move the business forward.