Despite the increased role of technology and digital advancements that the corporate world has seen in the past few years, one cannot disagree with the fact that human resources and employee management are two of the most challenging tasks before the organisational decision-makers. Employees are quite complex resources and it needs a special effort on the part of decision-makers to effectively manage them. In this context, companies have been rather open to using the latest technologies, software and programs to ensure that employee management is flawless and effective. SAP SuccessFactors is one of the most popular HR tech programs which has been adopted by companies of different sizes and nature around the world.
There are different benefits of adopting the SAP Success Factors in ‘employee management’ module of an organisation. This blog takes account of some of the most sought-after benefits for which such implementation is made:
- Mutual Goal Alignment: SAP SuccessFactors help in effective employee goal alignment. It refers to ensuring that the organisational goals are aligned with the employees’ goals. When the employees are managed effectively, it eventually has a direct impact on productivity, which in turn helps in improving organisational profitability.
- Helps in the creation of strategy and vision of the organisation: There are different benefits based on the sub-parts of SAP SuccessFactors including applicant tracking systems and managing the performance of the employees. From calling applications for a vacant post to performance evaluation of existing employees, SAP SuccessFactors helps in the formulation of a long-term vision of the business and the creation of a roadmap as to how this tool can help in attaining the given goal.
- Improving and upgrading organisational resources: With an introduction of SAP in core managerial areas such as employee engagement and management, the decision-makers can evaluate existing resources available and compare the same with the long-term vision of the company. Hence, any shortcomings in internal control mechanisms and systems could be addressed at the time of implementing the project. Hence, rather than just serving the purpose of effective employee management, the SAP SuccessFactors helps in upgrading organisational resources.
- Communication Plan and Employee Buy-in: With the introduction of SAP SuccessFactors in an organisation, the overall level of interaction between the top management and employees (at different managerial levels) is bound to increase. The decision-makers should discuss the benefits of SAP SuccessFactors for the evaluation of employees as well as how this program could help in ‘value proposition’ for the organisation and the employees at the same time.
- Helping long-term maintenance: Besides initial implementation, it is crucial to maintain the new systems such as SAP SuccessFactors in the organisational perspective. Embracing new technology and having a plan to upgrade and maintain it for a long period not only helps the existing employees but new entrants have also a clearer picture about how a business manages and treats the employees.
The decision-makers in an organisation should understand that effective employee management is not possible until the expectations of a company from the workers is not clear. The employee goals are streamlined with organisational objectives. Better tracking and monitoring of progress made by the employees is facilitated through SAP SuccessFactors. The organisations and decision-makers only need the right tools and SAP SuccessFactors is a tried and tested mechanism for effective employee management.
