Analysis of your HR Systems

I had blogged about the CedarCrestone HR Systems survey here. More than 1000 people accessed the link through my blogpost and many responded to the survey too.

The good news is the survey is now extended till 30th Aug, 2008 !!!.

For those who dont know about the survey, here is what Alexia Martin , Director, Research and Analytics at CedarCrestone has to say

CedarCrestone is conducting 2008–2009 Human Resources Systems Survey: HR Technologies, Service Delivery Choices, and Metrics Survey through August 30, 2008.

The survey is a comprehensive research effort that has run for 11 years in the US, and is the first ever for Asia Pacific. It is designed to provide organizations with important data to plan, justify, benchmark, and execute HR technologies and outsourcing initiatives. The survey questionnaire can be completed online at www.CedarCrestone.com/hrssv53.

All responses are anonymous and will be kept confidential. We will only use your information in the aggregate. Your privacy is strictly maintained.

The 2008 HR Survey is broad in its coverage, including questions about:

* Talent management, workforce management, and business intelligence applications
* Self service, portal, and Web 2.0 innovations
* Sourcing choices (business process outsourcing, software-as-a-service, etc.)
* Current year expenditures and next year's budgets
* Metrics such as employee/HR staff ratios, administrative costs per employee, and more

The survey collects responses from Human Resources/Personnel and Information Technology management with knowledge of the HR technologies in use and planned, as well as those with an overview of key outsourcing decisions. CedarCrestone invites representatives from organizations in all industries (commercial, public sector, and educational organizations) with over 500 employees to participate. Participants will receive an advance copy of the results revealing best practices in HR Solutions and Systems for your industry. The survey questionnaire is available online at www.CedarCrestone.com/hrssv53.

You should complete as many questions as possible. If you do not have the information to answer some questions, however, please continue to the next question or section. Specific sections of most interest that should be answered at a minimum include:

* Demographics information
* Employee counts and percentages (total employees, total HR only at a minimum)
* Initiatives (Spending time and budget)
* Core systems
* Service Delivery Applications (self service)
* Strategic applications (talent management)
* Vendor solutions (HRMS, self service, recruiting, performance management at a minimum)
* Success and drivers
* Barriers and change management
* User satisfaction

My take on this survey
Its a must do for all those people who seek to understand their HR Systems environment and benchmark it against the best. This is the first time this survey is placing emphasis on the Asian market thus giving industries in asia a wonderful opportunity to analyse their HR systems requirement vis-a-vis what the market has to offer.
Go for It !!!