The increasing
prevalence of mobile tools, social media and gamification in HR industry is a
topic which I found very interesting considering the fact that we use the very
boring and sometimes really confusing PeopleSoft in our company where user
interface has the least importance to the extent that sometimes to find or do something
you have to click on ten tabs!
The fascinating
point is these platforms have changed traditional forms and functions of communication
in workplace. They have introduced new genres in workplace in which each and
every employee and not just top management or those in HR are asked or even
required to participate, engage and collaborate. We could say that these platforms
are a form of response to the increasing change in the workforce, in particular
millennial and their needs and expectation of a workplace, and at the same time
they are constantly shaped and influenced by the users which have resulted in more
business agility and companies adopting a more bottom-up management strategy.
I liked this post Mojdeh! I hadn't thought about the changes as a direct response to the changing needs of different generations. And now that we think about it more, the newest generation in the workforce (millennials) are the first generation to grow up using technology, so it's natural for them to expect to use it in the workplace. They grew up with free information on the internet and constant connection and communication with people they have never met before, so this will definitely shape people's needs in the workplace.
ReplyDeleteI haven't used peoplesoft in an HR capacity, but as an employee I often dreaded my interactions. I found it non-intuitive, and I avoided it when possible. Your post made me think about the original market for peoplesoft, and how much better it must have been than the systems it replaced.
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