BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - October 4, 2007) - Companies that consider the strategic needs of
their organization when deploying and utilizing an HR system experience a
lower rate of error, higher level of productivity, and a greater level of
satisfaction. Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks company (
NYSE:
HHS), found in the
September 2007 report "The Strategic Development of Core HR Systems" that
Best-in-Class organizations report adding a strategic functionality to core
HR processes is a leading action being implemented to enhance performance.
Core HR systems have long been considered a back-end, turnkey process, with
little added value. Enhancements and advancements, however, are providing
a higher degree of functionality, and a wider range of solutions. These,
in turn, leverage existing data, reduce the duplication of effort, and
allow HCM practitioners a greater degree of strategic functionality.
"Best-in-Class companies are recognizing the benefit of a superior HR
system implementation sooner than other organizations," said Allison Stamm,
Human Capital Management Research Analyst, Aberdeen. "Increased
productivity, streamlined operations, and lower rates of error collectively
provide a significant time savings, higher levels of performance and a much
greater degree of satisfaction among users throughout the organization."
Only 9% of Best-in-Class companies report being very or somewhat
dissatisfied with their HR Systems, compared with 37% of all respondents.
Best-in-Class companies are also significantly more likely to rank their
performance as "excellent" among ten critical HR systems functions.
A complimentary copy of this report is made available due in part by the
following underwriters: Oracle, Infor, and Spectrum HR. To obtain a
complimentary copy of the report, visit:
http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=4209.
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Contact Information: Media Contact:
Allison Stamm
Aberdeen Harte-Hanks
(617) 854-5207
Allison.stamm@aberdeen.com