HR Insights

HR - focus on strategy and outsource the practice

HR outsourcing is successfully pioneering the cause of scaling up HR to face the new challenges that the knowledge era is throwing up. Organizations are realizing the benfits of doing so and are increasingly looking to benefit from it.

Building an employment brand: Responsibilities of a HR executive

A great work place is where each one of us wants to find ourselves in. But which is the right place? Your prospective employee will also have this question in his mind. If you want your company name to pop up in his mind, get ready, you have a great deal of work to do - Build an employment brand for your company.

How to spot and fill capability gaps?

Capability gaps are a frequent occurance these days, more than ever; thanks to the rapid changes that have occured recently and are still occuring. Capability gaps are lethal in that they come in subtely and cripple an organization un expectedly. It is therefore pivotal for organizations to deal with these gaps effectively.

Managing a Multi-cultural Team that Spans National Boundaries and Time Zones

You might be working with a team which consists of Americans, Indians, Chinese and Europeans. What diversity! Find out how you can handle to handle them efficiently.

Men Outnumber Women at Workplace - Fair or Foul Play?

Who is to be blamed when a woman is paid less than her male counterpart? Who is responsible for the hindrances that she faces in her career advancement? Perceptions, Men or the society at large?

Kill the Workers

If you want to have a healthy and energetic group of employees, bring out the professionals in them by killing their attitude of being just 'workers'. It is all about attitude. Find out how you can bring the best out of them.

SWOT your way to better performance

Most Performance management systems that are top down in focus, carry the defect of not being able to leverage or maximize the potential of employees. Know further in this article how a SWOT analysis can overcome these defects and add in many more of it's own benefits.

Online Recruiting or eRecruiting - Why you cannot turn a Blind Eye

There is no doubt that today online recruiting has overpowered traditional methods of recruitment. If you do not want to be called 'out dated' then you cannot afford to turn a blind eye towards online recruitment.

Why do HR Consultants need to Partner with HR Technology Providers?

You know you have a countless number of HR consultants who are your competition. From among them, why will a customer choose you? What is the additional advantage that you can serve your customer? Find out how a technology partner can become an added reason for your customers to choose you.

HR Software and Effective Eollaborations

Being process-centric is what any organization strives for today. But how do these processes link to each other and the workflows existing in the company? To ensure that a company stays competitive and operates at optimum production levels, it is imperative that efficient collaboration between all business lines and processes exist.

Corporate Web Portals to Increase Productivity

Managing knowledge isn't reserved for mega corporations anymore. Providing instant access to unstructured and structured data in this manner helps create an awareness of the company brand among the employees and they are able to align themselves with the objectives of the organization.

What to do with your Legacy Application to keep it at Optimum Levels of Efficiency?

One of the most common decisions that software owners are faced with, is what to do with legacy systems once they become outdated. There are usually four common options before the owner of a legacy system, commonly referred to as the four R's. They are Rewrite, Replace, Re-engineer and Re-use.

Corporate Culture and Change Management

Corporate culture is one of the most evolving requirements of modern day industry. The importance of corporate culture is growing as the result of several recent developments. Companies are encouraging employees to be more responsible and act and think like owners.

Strategic Advantage through Human Resource

What are the implications of the information-based, knowledge driven and a service-intensive economy? Besides knowing the strategic implications of this, Managers know the new game is speed, flexibility and self-renewal. In the last ten years or so of delayering, restructuring and re-engineering has it left people empowered or more dissatisfied and cynical?

Why Outsource HR?

In a perpetual quest for efficiency and cost cutting, companies are transferring traditional duties of the HR office to outside companies. The answer to a cost effective, yet high quality solution lies in what is perceived as the single biggest trend in the HR industry today- Outsourcing.

Why Outsource?

When you consider the advantages of outsourcing, you'll realize there's a lot to gain by using it as an intrinsic part of your business strategy. In today's globalized and networked economy, outsourcing has never been so easy or made so much business sense. The question is not "Why outsource?" but rather, "Why not?"

Why Outsource to India?

Outsource to a mature industry with world-class systems and quality. Outsource to India for technological agility, quality, flexibility, cost control, time-to-market and competitive advantage.

Legal Issues in Outsourcing

If you are considering outsourcing to India, but need some information on the legal issues in offshore outsourcing or are worried about whether your contract will be honored by the Indian Legal System, read on..

Outsourcing Information Security

How is India dealing with data privacy and security issues? Read on to reassure yourself that your information will be safe in your outsourcing partner's hands.

Outsourcing: 10 Most Important Questions You Must Ask!

This article will give you an idea about the kind of questions you should ask your prospective service provider before outsourcing your work.

Common Outsourcing Queries Answered

Leading companies worldwide realize that to maintain stay ahead, they need to reduce costs, provide the best quality, use the latest high-tech skills, and be reliable and innovative.  Here's a look at the who, what, when and where of outsourcing.

Outsourcing IT Services to India

Offshore software development provides immediate short-term access to a broad range of specialized technical skills, thus allowing customers to maintain a technological advantage. It also ensures safeguarding of the customer's intellectual property, proprietary software and new development specifications with high levels of security.

Identifying the Right Outsourcing Partner

Identifying the right outsourcing partner is pivotal in the outsourcing experience, and decides the direction that your project will take. Your development partner and you will be embarking on a business relationship and your partner's business practices will have a direct impact on your project.

Internet Potential in India

India's web shops are probably the best in the world, and improving constantly. And as far as technology is concerned, India's Web-shops excel in understanding and using cutting-edge technology as a tool in achieving success on the Internet.

Understanding Outsourcing to an IT Company in India

Indian Internet IT service companies offer a strategic initiative to cut costs and access to intellectual capital not available in-house. But is the company just a web page or does it comprise a team of people who follow established processes and possess a solid infrastructure?