The Always On Enterprise: Mobilizing the HR-Workplace Connection

Key findings include: A majority of companies (more than 60 percent) plan to provide employees with access to Human Resources (HR) and Human Capital Management (HCM) data via mobile devices by next year, according to a recent survey by Bloomberg Businessweek Research Services (BBRS). The spectrum of mobile HR applications that companies are implementing includes traditional self-service applications all the way to workflow-based performance reviews. Drivers for mobile access to HR data, applications and processes include employee demand (especially from younger workers who assume digital access to information at all times), increasingly global businesses and an overall desire for faster decision-making. Benefits of mobile HR applications include improved productivity by reducing the amount of time employees interact with HR systems, better decision-making among management, improved HCM and higher levels of employee satisfaction. Supervisors are seeking mobile access to aggregated information relating to HR analytics and other workforce management data. According to the BBRS survey, 80 percent of companies provide at least half of their senior executives with a mobile device. Protecting HR data on mobile devices involves taking action in the areas of authentication, encryption, access, partitioning and backup. Request Free!