• Leading with Heart
  Andrew O'Keeffe has worked in senior HR positions at companies including IBM and Hewitt Associates. He's seen his share of bosses and heard some horror stories from employees along the way. In his novel, The Boss, he demonstrates just how much influence executives can have—and why leadership matters in a troubled economy.


• Disaster Recovery—People, Not Data
  Most businesses have plans for what to do when something bad happens to their data. But what about when something bad happens to their people?


• Three Strategies for HR Success
  What’s one of the best ways for HR departments to cope with today’s tough economy? Begin planning now for the next 10 years. Find out which key moves HR departments should make today to maintain a committed workforce and reduce operating costs in the years ahead.


• White Paper: How Workforce Management Impacts the Bottom Line (PDF)
  Workforce management systems can be used to match business demand with appropriate labor by using a combination of budgeting, planning, analytics, and an optimization tool to reconcile data with the availability, skills, and eligibility of personnel to work to support them.


• Get more information about Oracle’s human resources products.

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