Oracle Human Capital Management Backgrounder

Overview of Human Capital Management (HCM)
An organisation's primary asset is its people and the importance for businesses to cultivate this vital asset is paramount. The trend among today's human resources (HR) executives is to take a strategic approach, known as Human Capital Management (HCM). HCM applications promote a quality workforce through better resource planning, recruiting, training, talent tracking and personnel record-keeping. By deploying a wide range of employee development and talent management applications, companies can gain efficiencies, reduce costs and enhance the quality of their workforce.

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Jessica Epple

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• Phone: +650.506.8741

• Better manage human capital and build a more excellent workforce to drive bottom-line organizational results.
• Develop and deliver programs to improve worker efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity.
• Enables adoption of a comprehensive HCM strategy to drive new program development, process redesign, and technology implementations.
• Streamline HR operations by reducing time-intensive administrative tasks and lowering costs by deploying self-service applications.

The latest HCM report from AMR Research (The Human Capital Management Applications Report, 2005-2010) ranks Oracle as the market leader in the space by revenue, overtaking SAP. In 2005, AMR says Oracle held a 26% share in HCM revenue versus SAP's 23%.