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Featured Video: Global Human Capital Chapter Webinar
HR Embraces RPA Solutions
Julie Fernandez, Partner, ISG and Thomas Helfrich, Senior Director, ISG discuss views into the current state of the market and how HR organizations are introducing RPA to optimize recruiting, payroll, employee data changes, and more.
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   PULSE Magazine IAOP's e-zine takes you deep into outsourcing with the latest ideas, advice, knowledge, and best practices, and turns the conventional upside down with stories designed to engage, inspire and challenge you. With editorial content from the leading thinkers and doers in the outsourcing industry, you’ll have the know-how, tools and resources to succeed as a new professional in today’s global economy. More »
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State of the Industry: IAOP’s Annual Member Survey Jag and Todd are back with first hand results of this year’s survey including findings from the European survey, produced with the support of ISG. See what the data from the largest industry survey says about trends, understand what this means for you now and learn how to not only be prepared for, but get ahead of the next big thing. More »  Global Impact Sourcing Coalition Outreach Webinar Impact sourcing is an inclusive employment practice through which companies in global supply chains intentionally hire and provide career development opportunities to people who otherwise have limited prospects for formal employment, to deliver business outcomes. More » Demystifying Cloud Computing As complex a phenomenon as the industry makes it to be, cloud computing can be approached through a simple ‘ACE’ framework. This framework attempts to navigate buyers through a three-phased approach that helps in laying the groundwork for optimal cloud-computing strategies for their organizations. More » The Human Side of Outsourcing The impact of culture on the financial results of outsourcing deals. More » Working With Y & K Generation How Y generation is changing the way we collaborate, communicate and develop new business models. Are we quick enough to adopt and understand or will the new reality just surprise us? In this session we will try to share experiences, learnings and findings in what are the challenges and best practices in order to successfully upgrade our systems to adopt Y generation as colleagues, consumers and future leaders. More »
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Analytics: A Case Study This presentation, seen at the Global Human Capital Chapter's August 2017 meeting, addressed topics such as:
Challenges that require HR to leverage analytics
Why talent and HR analytics?
Tools, techniques and data to generate workforce insights
Formula for successful HR transformation More » SMAC, Outsourcing & Automation This is the second of a three-part series on the latest research results on cloud computing and advanced technologies by Leslie Willcocks, COP, IAOP Hall of Famer and Director of the Outsourcing Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science, together with Associates Drs. Daniel Schlagwein and Alan Thorogood of the UNSW Australia Business School. The first part explored What’s the Real Story in the January/February issue. More » The New Industry Norm: Socially Responsible Sourcing Increasingly, buyers of outsourced services expect suppliers to manage their operations in a socially responsible way and suppliers are changing their business practices to meet these expectations. More » Cloud & Outsourcing: Challenging Times Need Effective Policies In this article we turn to the more pressing challenges cloud computing presents to organizations. Our 2011 and 2013 surveys revealed that business executives saw cloud computing as transformational and looked to their own IT executives to guide them. This is the third and final part of a series. Parts 1 and 2 appeared in PULSE magazine as Cloud and Outsourcing: What’s The Real Story? and SMAC Outsourcing and Innovation in early 2015. More » Outsourcing Professional Body of Knowledge (Version 10): The Standards This publication is an extract of the OPBOK showing The Standards. More » Outsourcing Professional Body of Knowledge (OPBOK) A cohesive and comprehensive outline of the commonly accepted practices and skills required to ensure outsourcing success. More » Certified Outsourcing Professional® (COP) The COP designation distinguishes individuals as leaders in the field of outsourcing. It powerfully demonstrates that they possess the experience and knowledge required to design, implement, and manage outsourcing initiatives that have a high probability of achieving an organization’s intended outcomes.
This professional designation, which focuses on the management process of outsourcing itself, is equally valuable to individuals working as customers, providers, or advisors. It promotes an environment where all of the parties to an outsourcing business relationship have a common and shared professional knowledge, approach and commitment to mutual success. More »
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