During the 1800s, people problems were a very real concern in the workplace.For the average blue-collar worker in those days, most jobs were low-paying, monotonous and unsafe. Some industries experienced difficulty recruiting and retaining employees because of the poor working conditions workers were exposed to. As the means of production continued to shift from farmlands and guilds to city factories, concerns grew about wages, safety, child labor and 12-hour workdays. Workers began to band together in unions to protect their interests and improve living standards. Government stepped in to provide basic rights and protections for workers.
Forward-thinking employers recognized that productivity was connected to worker satisfaction and involvement and realized they could not meet production schedules with bands of disgruntled employees. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the personnel profession that grew out of concerns about employee absenteeism and high turnover attempted to solve worker problems with such basic personnel management functions as employee selection, training and compensation. However, later it was realized that employee and workforce management, analysis and prediction is something which cannot be left totally on pre defined dispositions and beliefs.
BUSINESS APPLICATION
HR ANALYTICS
HR Analytics and warehousing enable organizations to get meaningful insights from HR data collected from various enterprise-wide HR and non-HR systems. Human Resources have long been looked at as a touchy-feely business. The stereotype of its practitioners is that they give warm and fuzzy answers to most business queries. While they put Talent Management as a priority, yet they lack the analytical tools to be able to deliver the agenda. As Zach Thomas of Forrester says, “Forward-looking analytics that push well beyond traditional metrics are the cornerstone of this effort. But siloed systems, inconsistent data, and a lack of benchmarks and tools have made this increasingly difficult to achieve. To address this problem and become more strategic, HR professionals must get their arms around the data, identify key performance indicators (KPIs), settle on a technology approach, and infuse the data into their organization."
With HR professionals increasingly turning to Predictive Analytics (“PA”), all that is set to change. Wikipedia says Predictive Analysis uses different techniques that will analyze historical and current data to make predictions about future behavior. PA answers what will happen, when. It is like having an astrologer for a business – not someone who is a fake and who pretends to know, but, someone who can actually save you, or make you, money. Imagine HR being able to predict which new hire has the highest probability of turning out to be a top performer and then using the organizations resources to nurture that talent. Data Mining is usually a post mortem of data to gain insights about the past. It is reactive. PA classifies the person in a group or in terms of a trait and then makes predictions in a context. Whether it is in decisions around hiring effectiveness, predicting success of employees or even using it to decide whom to layoff, Predictive Analytics is helping corporations make data-driven, fact-based decisions.
DIRECT ANALYTICS DRIVEN HR SOLUTIONS
Work Force Development
Recruitment
Compensation
Learning and Development
HR Scorecard and KPI
HR Predictive and Mining Analytics
EXAMPLE FROM THE INDUSTRY
SAS HUMAN CAPITAL INTELLIGENCE
Align talent and organisational goals
SAS Human Capital Intelligence helps organizations analyze and optimize their work force. This solution surfaces relevant, holistic and predictive information that helps drive strategic human capital decisions. With this insight and foresight you can address critical business decisions and align human capital with organizational plans.
career options and how ati can help
Careers in HR Analytics
HR Analytics Specialist
Director HR Metrics/Analytics
Manager, HR Systems, Analytics, and Process Improvement
Sr. Consultant, HR Analytics
Director of Global HR Reporting and Analytics
Manager, Compensation & Workforce Analytics
Business Analyst HR Analytics
The aim of ATI is to help HR Personnel in developing their capabilities to acquire and retain the best talent for their organisation, which is in alignment with its goals, and thereby bring about transformation in its human capital. HR analytics adds tremendous value in areas like Performance Management, Training & Development, eRecruitment and Payroll among others.
