Articles Tagged ‘Personnel Development’

Integration within the HCM Module

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How is integration in personnel management a critical function?

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Integration within the HCM module (i.e. Personnel Administration to Organizational Management, Personnel Administration to Time, Time to Payroll) and within the SAP system (i.e. HCM to Finance, Payroll to Cost Accounting) is one of the key benefits of implementing SAP within an organization.  It provides for a single point of data entry into one module/sub-module which can be utilized in another module/sub-module.  For example, employee master data entered into the personnel administration sub-module of HCM can be used by other modules (i.e. Finance, EH&S, Project Systems) without having to rekey the data, thereby saving time, reducing keying errors and ensuring data consistency.

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The Power of Benchmarking

Benchmarking is the continuous process of comparing and measuring an organization’s business processes against those of business leaders anywhere in the world. We all know that identifying and implementing best practices will generate business excellence. We also know that benchmarking is no magic cure -  but when executed properly, it promotes continuous improvement.

For HR people, this translates into the following:

- Standardizing and automating transaction processing to reduce the cost of delivering basic HR services
- Using freed-up resources to support an integrated talent-management process
- Integrating HR and relevant non-HR systems to eliminate information barriers and reduce time to market
- Providing every manager access to decision-support tools and people information
- Delivering relevant business metrics to front-line managers, linking people processes to operational performance
- Benchmarking HR’s performance against industry metrics and best practices

For those of you who have not heard of it, there is a dedicated ASUG/SAP benchmarking and best practices program providing an excellent forum for SAP customers to track trends, share best practices, and measure value based upon key performance drivers. To date, more than 200 companies have participated in the study, including more than 30 participants from the high-tech industry, with revenues of between less than $1 billion to more than $10 billion. The study covers the full scope of HR business process, segmented in sub-processes such as recruiting and staffing, learning and development, and payroll administration.
For more information about the program, visit www.asug.com/benchmarking or contact benchmarking@asug.com. Please also visit: https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/files/surveyExamples/HCM_Sample_Report.pdf.

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Qualification Catalog Structure

Qualifications can be a foundation for many functional uses in SAP.  Qualifications equate to the requirements capabilities needed to perform the duties of a position, to the initial skill set held by the person most qualified to receive an offer of employment, to development areas identified as part of the annual performance appraisal process. 

Many organizations will start with a basic structure comprised of qualification groups for three competency areas:

1.)    Core or foundational

Sets the tone and/or context and frequently aligns with key behaviors expected from everyone in the enterprise (Example: Customer Focus)

2.)    Functional and/or technical

Knowledge and skills/abilities that is required for a specific function that may range from programming skills to the ability to give effective presentations

3.)    Managerial or leadership

Capabilities that allow an individual to be an effective leader of people and/or processes

Beyond the initial three competency classifications, organizations may also define categories for licenses or certifications, education and experience. The key is to assess how your organization will use the qualifications catalog going forward and assure that the categories are meaningful to the organization’s needs and sustainability.

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Quickly identify existing Infotypes

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How do we quickly identify all existing infotypes on an employee?

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Access report S_AHR_61015471

Tags: HCM, Infotypes, Organizational Report, Organizational Structure, Personnel Development, sap, sap hcm help, SAP HCM Reporting, S_AHR_61015471

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Tips and Tricks for Appraisals

Valuable tips and tricks regarding utilizing Objective Setting and Appraisal functionality for both LSO and Personnel Development will be covered. The session includes detailed step-by-step configuration tips and tricks to make appraisal templates work for your organization. The attendee will learn how to make use of anonymous appraisals, weighted appraisals, and time-sensitive appraisals.

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