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Archives for March, 2009


Modernizing core HR

by Thomas Otter  |  March 30, 2009  |  Comments Off

While at the Benz museum, (see earlier posts) I snapped these pictures of the time entry system that the factory used.   As organizations grapple with a very different economy from this time last year, we are seeing a growing interest in addressing cost issues associated with core HR processes such as time recording, leave [...]

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Ada Lovelace Day- Bertha Benz

by Thomas Otter  |  March 23, 2009  |  2 Comments

Sometime ago Suw kicked this off . Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. Women’s contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces rarely recognised. We want you to tell the world about these unsung heroines. Whatever she does, whether she is a [...]

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Twitter and my job.

by Thomas Otter  |  March 13, 2009  |  1 Comment

I receive lots of vendor briefing requests, some relevant to my work, and others not.  This one links to my research on privacy and HR technology, so I’m listening to it this evening. But what made me blog this today was IBM’s use of Twitter and the hashtag. Twitter is in the enterprise. How are [...]

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Payroll and cycling

by Thomas Otter  |  March 3, 2009  |  5 Comments

photo. My bike. In Italy last summer I enjoy long distance cycling, and throughout the warmer months of the year, I try and get out on my bicycle most days. I normally train for a big event, involving some big hills, so that I have a goal to aim for. I do my best thinking [...]

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