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This study examines the current human capital management software market with integrated people analytics module and their targeted type of human resource management. The study is guided by the research question: Does the current human capital management software with people analytics module market target their data usage towards hierarchical or agile type of human resource management? To answer the research question a content analysis of 12 websites of human capital management software providers with integrated people analytics module was conducted. The findings were evaluated based on a scale of 4 prototype approach.
The study revealed that the majority of human capital software providers aim their data usage towards hierarchical organizations. A large part of the examined companies run a mixed approach and try to aim their software towards both hierarchical and agile organizations with different tendencies. The findings of this study align with the literature and suggest to organizations seeking to implement a human capital management suite to choose the software that supports their human resource type and strategy the best.
Through the worldwide changing world where the availability and accessibility of data becomes more and more important, companies have to take advantage of these new trends and embrace the change. The thesis aims to explore the evolution of the human resources department in organizations especially focusing on people analytics.
The objective of the presented study is to analyze the development of the human resources organization towards a more data-driven function. In addition to that, a practical study in cooperation with the corporate people analytics team at Nestlé was conducted. As the HR function of Nestlé goes through its global transformation between 2018 and 2020, one result is the changing role of the HR business partner. In the future, they will have to apply analytical skills such as sourcing data and analyzing data, and generating people and organization insights to enable high quality decision making. In order develop and train the HR business partner in these additional competencies, a training program on people analytics has been elaborated through this study. The research concludes with strategic recommendations how to incorporate the training within Nestlé.