OI Partners - E.K. Ward and Associates
June 2005 Newsletter

Human Resources and Technology - that's the focus of this month's newsletter.

It seems not long ago that technological innovation in the HR department was solely measured by the speed of your photocopier, the quality of the fax, the number of telephone lines and whether your answering machine could record all your incoming messages before the tape ran out.

In the following articles, we have attempted to give you an overview of what's occurring in the field of current HR technology. You'll find reference to the language and services you may take for granted, plus some insight on emerging trends.

If technology is the application of knowledge, read on and learn how you can use it to impact and change HR, your organization and yourself.

Sincerely,

Anne Mahoney Glose

OI Partners (Williamsville, NY)

Please click on the links below to read the complete articles.

HR Technology: Leveraging the Shift to Self-Service-It's Time to Go Strategic
Introduction Advances in Web-based technology in particular and computer technology in general will continue to be a driving force behind advances in the knowledge economy. A critical success factor influencing an organization's ability to lead, simply languish or ultimately falter in the marketplace will eventually come to rest on the positive synergy the organization is capable of generating ...

HR From The Top
One of the most significant developments affecting the HR profession is the growing ability of small and mid-size companies to tap the kinds of sophisticated HR technologies and strategies once available only to larger organizations. That development is being driven by the growth of outsourcing as well as advances in technology. Expansion of the HR outsourcing market is leading to a larger ...

When It Comes to Technology, the Workplace Age Gap Seems to Widen
After some 4 billion years it seems the world is getting younger. Regardless of your age, these new workers - generations X, Y, Z - now sharing our workspace, understand and need technology to do their jobs better. Now, I've come to recognize that technology is the engine behind what I do everyday. While I may choose to emphasize the personal attention I provide as a consultant, coach and trainer, in many ways, one of the most critical things I can tell my clients is: When it comes to technology, learn about it, keep current with it, and use it - before someone else does - and takes your business and people away.

Achieving workforce excellence
THE emphasis on service-oriented, knowledge-based industries is driving companies worldwide to transform their human resource from a tactical to a more strategic function. HR function is now expected to support the business goals, provide the right direction for the people management strategy, and then execute the strategy. According to a study conducted by Mercer-HR Consulting Global HR ...

Technology and OI Partners: Then and Now
At the beginning of OI Partners' outplacement/human resource consultancy in 1987, technology played a small role in our business. Like many companies at that time, we didn't even have a Web site. Technology has steadily penetrated OI Partners' services even further, with a big focus on the Internet and how it is used to help our clients all over the world. Because we are a global company, we are expected to provide flexibility in every way possible, and our Internet-based solutions help us do that.

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