Strategic HR is essential to the long-term health of your organization. Focusing on talent identification and retention, workforce planning and succession management, rather than tactical HR duties such as payroll processing, can yield significant results. This paper outlines the business benefits of investing in strategic HR capabilities. 

<p>AstraZeneca was looking for a way to automate its manual duty assignment and logging training processes. Read this case study to learn how they accomplished this by implementing a learning management system to automate and streamline the assignment of all regulatory and job-specific training.</p> 

Strategic new business initiatives are bound to fail—and often do— if your employees aren't on board and performing at their best. Strong leadership is the key to ensuring this level of performance. Read this paper to learn how to create a high performance business environment at your company through effective leadership strategies. 

In this paper you will uncover the steps to building a high performance culture within your business. 

This paper examines the key communications challenges faced by organizations today and how web collaboration is delivering the right tools to help organizations meet their growth objectives. 

Kronos Workforce Central enables companies to reduce payroll error, reduce human resources management time and cost, and increase employee productivity by providing a centralized system for managing all the facets of the employee lifecycle.The solution can also increase visibility into labor issues and costs for improved decision making. 

Workforces are aging, and there also is a critical shortage of talent in today's business pool, creating an imperative initiative for human resources. This paper explains the necessity to forecast the future through strategic workforce planning and also offers up six pitfalls to avoid when venturing down the recruitment and talent management path. 

This paper details 6 examples of leading global companies' HR departments that are at the forefront of workforce management strategies. Read this and learn how Four Seasons enables its employees to assist guests anytime, anywhere, or how Zappos.com aligns its organization around the company's 10 core values to offer exceptional customer service. 

Organizations that can gain visibility into the workforce, align it with important initiatives, and continually evaluate and optimize it put themselves in a position to succeed. Read this paper to learn how cloud-based HR and financial applications can provide the operational and strategic insight to improve and align workforce productivity. 

Sterling Fax Conversion Services automate the processing of faxed and paper-based purchase orders and invoices, resulting in improved productivity and reduced headcount, while increasing data accuracy and reducing cycle times. 

This paper explores the challenges associated with standardizing multi-country payroll programs and outlines eight essential steps for success. Read on for a deeper understanding of how to assess your current international payroll operations and learn how to design a payroll strategy that aligns with your company’s strategic objectives.