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Industry Resources

In order to drive HR and HCM best practice it is important to keep up to date with new HR and HCM processes, methods and industry trends.

EPI-USE's consultants are considered by many as, thought leaders, particularly in HR payroll solutions and talent management. Our clients recognise us as experts in our field and we are constantly exceeding our their expectations, they achieve this through HR knowledge sharing and constantly acquiring new information.

Our peoples' knowledge and expertise helps us as a company to stay ahead of our competition and deliver the right services and solutions to our clients.

On this page, our aim is to constantly add links, information and to share a powerful range of resources with you that will help you to stay ahead in HR thought leadership.

Bookmark this page now and visit us regularly to access these resources.

Websites

SAP

  • SAP - Global homepage for SAP where you can find all the information you need on the latest SAP products and services.
  • UK User Group - Find out about the latest news and events of SAP's UK User Group.
  • SAP Labs - All the latest SAP product developments.
  • SAP Insider - Website of the popular SAP Insider magazine that contains a wealth of information on the latest initiatives from SAP.

SAP Related

  • searchSAP - The internet's best SAP specific information resource for enterprise IT professionals.
  • The SAP Fanclub - THE place to exchange ideas, tips, tricks, search for jobs and chat with other SAP fans.
  • SAP Professional Journal - Discover how SAP Professionals are benefiting from the latest SAP Releases.

HR and Payroll

  • AHRMIO - The Association for Human Resources Management in International Organizations is a unique professional association created to promote best practice human resources management in international not-for-profit organizations.
  • Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development - The professional body for those working in HR and a very useful resource for News, Events, Legal Updates, Papers, Articles and Surveys.
  • Human Resources Guide - This guide to Human Resources by About.com is updated frequently with new articles and discussion on the latest development in HR.
  • Human Resources Executive - Website for the magazine that provides news, strategies and resources for senior HR executives.
  • Human Resources Magazine - The most popular HR specific magazine in the UK where you can find everything you'll need to know about HR in the UK.
  • IPPM - Institute of Payroll and Pensions
  • Management Issues - Website at the heart of the changing workplace with news, articles and blogs from the latest though leaders in HR.
  • Personnel Today - Website of the weekly news magazine for the UK's training, personnel and human resources professionals; provides features, analysis and benchmarking data in an accessible format.
  • Personnel Zone - An information source for HR and Training Managers in public and private sector organisations. PersonnelZone is a website with accompanying monthly e-Zine that goes out to 40,000 HR Professionals.
  • Society for Human Resources Management - The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest professional association devoted to human resource management.

Blogs

  • Evil HR Lady - Regularly updated blog giving useful first hand experience of life in a busy HR department.
  • Human Capitalist - Blog of Jason Corsello, Vice President of the Center of Excellence at Knowledge Infusion and recognized thought leader in human capital management, workforce transformation, and business process outsourcing. His research has been featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and CFO Magazine.
  • Leendert van der Bijl - Leendert works for EPI-USE in the America office. As you can see he has not updated it for a while but it still contains a lot of valuable information.
  • Systematic HR - systematicHR is a human resources blog about the intersection between HR process and HR technology. It is where HR strategies become the practice of service delivery. Here, they discuss how HRMS systems, point solutions such as TAS, TMS, portals, etc, can be utilized to maximize the employee experience and enhance the strategic capabilities of the organization as well as the concerns of the day such as employee engagement, project management, and cost parameters to strategies. They discuss how different processes and service delivery models such as HRO and call centers affect employee’s experience.
  • The Editors's Blog - Comment and insight on Human Resources news and topics from the editors of Personnel Today.
  • The Other Thomas Otter - Thomas Otter is a Solution Architect at SAP and provides advice to customers on complex HR solution issues. He's been involved with SAP since the mid 1990s, starting at SAP in South Africa, moving to Germany then the UK and is currently back at SAP in Germany.

Papers and Articles

  • Bootstrapper. The HR Bible: 100 Articles Every Human Resources Pro Should Read. - February 2008 - A US based listing means not all the articles have relevance in the UK but still a lot of relevant information.
  • Generation Y - An article called 'Managing Millenials' by Claire Raines from 2002 that discusses the expectations of Generation Y.
  • HR is failing to develop employee engagement - November 2007 - HR professionals are spending too much time focussing on staff retention and talent management and neglecting the critical area of employee engagement, a new report claims.
  • What is Human Capital? - November 2007 - Defines ‘human capital’ and considers the relationships between human capital and other forms of capital, looks at human capital measures, reporting and identifying business drivers, includes the CIPD viewpoint.
  • Succession Planning - April 2007 - Examines the background to succession planning, looks at the main features of modern succession planning, considers the role of HR.
  • Human Capital Reporting: An Internal Perspective. A CIPD guide for personnel professionals to help them identify, collate, analyse and communicate data on human capital. Written by Jim Matthewman and Floriane Matignon of Mercer Human Resource Consulting
  • People Management and Technology Survey: Progress and Potential - June 2005 - The CIPD 2005 People Management and Technology survey considers current and emerging trends on how information technology is changing people management and development practices. It builds on the findings of the previous surveys by examining the progress and prospects in the use of human resource information systems. This survey is broader in scope. We have also examined the use of electronic communication in delivering HR policies and procedures and the use of technology as a tool in the workplace. Data was obtained from HR professionals in over 300 organisations via a paper questionnaire and supplemented by ten telephone interviews. Further details of our methodology and approach are given at the end of the report.

Podcasts

  • SearchSAP Audio Downloads - February 2008 - SearchSAP.com's news round-up and other topical audio downloads recap the latest news related to users of SAP. Included in these downloads will be topical interviews with newsmakers, experts and people like you. SearchSAP.com's podcasts are useful to anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest issues in the area of business software and SAP.
  • Human Resources Management Lectures at NJIT - September 2007 - A series of 26 lectures at iTunesU published by the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The course covers basic human resources concepts including recruitment, selection, EEO, training, labour relations and human resources information systems. Human resources management practices in technology based firms are studied in detail.
  • Empowering End Users with SAP NetWeaver
     - December 2007 - The new generation of enterprise software users need complete flexibility, and lightning-fast access to information. Software has to be available through every device, tuned to unique roles, and work styles.

    Learn how SAP can help you stay connected to the information, services, and people you rely on to get the job done.

    Attend our Webcast to learn about SAP's comprehensive strategy to empower end users, from the warehouse to the boardroom. Learn more about:

    • How key trends such as Web 2.0 and rich client technologies will change the way we work.
    • New collaboration features of the SAP NetWeaver Portal.
    • Multi-channel applications and solutions for information workers.
    • Valuable guidance on engaging users across your entire enterprise.
  • What Makes Great HR - November 2007 - Nick Holley from Henley Management College shares latest research on what makes great HR and a great HR leader. The findings are true for all business people and will help with all leaders development.