Companies that are having HR Downsizing:
Google Downsizes Its HR Department
Not even Google is exempt from the effects of the recession. The search engine giant is downsizing its staff by a hundred, but none of the technical positions are affected. The powers that be have decided that since they won't be hiring as much people as before, they might as well trim down those who are doing the hiring. Ouch. Excerpts:
Our first step to address this was to wind down almost all our contracts with external contractors and vendors providing recruiting services for Google. However, after much consideration, we have with great regret decided that we need to go further and reduce the overall size of our recruiting organization by approximately 100 positions.
The message was posted on Google's blog by Laszlo Bock, Vice President of People Operations. Guess everyone's feeling the crunch, including Google. The company is open to transfers though, so if those who were laid off happen to fit in another posts within the company, they can go for it. The wording is vague on whether they'll have to go through a re-application process though.
http://www.gadget.ca/Google-Downsizes-Its-HR-Department-028425.php
-Posted by Laszlo Bock, Vice President, People Operations
Changes to recruiting
As we made clear during our last quarterly earnings call in October, Google is still hiring but at a reduced rate. Given the state of the economy, we recognized that we needed fewer people focused on hiring.
Our first step to address this was to wind down almost all our contracts with external contractors and vendors providing recruiting services for Google. However, after much consideration, we have with great regret decided that we need to go further and reduce the overall size of our recruiting organization by approximately 100 positions.
We know this change will be very difficult for the people concerned, and we hope that many of them will be able to find new roles at Google. They helped build this company, new hire by new hire, and we are enormously grateful for everything they have done.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/changes-to-recruiting.html
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Business Services Industry
HR Goes Flat at Coca-Cola
News of The Coca-Cola Co.'s impending downsizing in January upset the stomachs of a number of HR professionals, who noted that HR would be among the first departments to fizzle among the over 3,000 U.S. employees to be cut from the payroll.
Coca-Cola employees don't like to discuss the downsizing, which company president and CEO Douglas Daft says is a way of making sure Coca-Cola is "optimally positioned for a changing world."
But the downsizing occasioned plenty of high-octane discussion at a recent WORKFORCE.COM poll of 1,160 HR professionals during the first week of February. The poll asked why HR often seems so dispensable to downsizing companies. Nearly a third of respondents--29 percent--said that the main reason is because it's hard to quantify HR's worth to organizations. In fact, 75 percent of respondents gave answers related to quantifying HR, namely that HR tends not to align itself with business priorities, nor does the profession market its services well.
Francene Taylor, a staffing manager at the Atlanta-based Integrated Facility Division of Johnson Controls Inc. and a participant in the poll, believes "Senior management focuses almost exclusively on shoring up short-term profit while downsizing, and frequently the quickest way to do this is by cutting HR." However, she adds, "You can argue that if HR can prove it provides value-added services, then the department is less likely to be reduced."
Another participant, Ronald M. Katz, president of Penguin Human Resource Consulting in New Rochelle, New York, says, "An HR function that is not aligned with the business or can't quantify its contribution should suffer the same fate that we'd apply to any other department. However, one would hope that we have learned how to avoid those pitfalls as we set an example for other departments in our organizations. I think our main problem is we don't ensure that other parts of our companies, especially senior management, understand HR and our contribution."
Roger Selbert, principal of Los Angeles-based Growth Strategies Group and editor and publisher of Growth Strategies, an HR trend newsletter based in Santa Monica, agrees. "I'm a proponent of HR becoming an integral part of strategic planning in top-level management," he says. "HR needs to be involved from the get-go, not only in you corporate planning, but in making those plans happen." To build long-range viability, says Selbert, HR must assume the role of facilitator, educating the organization about the importance of people in a way that fits with the organization's objectives.
Poll participant Steven R. Burns, assistant director, HR for Cincinnati-based The Health Alliance, points out that, "Unfortunately, HR knows the long-term impact on morale and recruiting that results from deep cuts in the organization." As such, HR should make its role apparent as a leader in fulfilling the organization's long- and short-term goals.
Says Growth Strategies' Selbert, "HR's importance in fulfilling the strategic role of the organization is imperative for long-range viability. HR must actively facilitate the process, making their contribution a win-win for everyone."
Impact: To quantify its worth to organizations. HR's contributions must be visible to upper management and compatible with business priorities.
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As a student, you were invited by the Dean of
the Institute of Computing to attend a seminar-workshop on information
systems planning with some of the faculty members. In one of the
sessions, a discussion of outsourcing came up. You have been asked to
present your evaluation about outsourcing the information systems
functions of the school.
Required:
You are to take a position- outsource or in-source and justify your position. (3000words)
hmpt. OUTSOURCING-is subcontracting a service such as product design or manufacturing, to a third-party company.The decision to outsource is often made in the interest of lowering cost or making better use of time and energy costs, redirecting or conserving energy directed at the competencies of a particular business , or to make more efficient use of land, labor, capital, (information) technology and resources.
What is Outsourcing?
Outsourcing began in the early
eighties when organizations started delegating their non-core functions
to an external organization that was specialized in providing a
particular service, function or product. In outsourcing, the external
organization would take on the management of the outsourced function.
Most
organizations choose outsourcing because outsourcing offers a lot of
advantages. When organizations outsource to countries like India, they
benefit from lower costs and high-quality services. Moreover
organizations can concentrate more on core functions once they
outsource their non-core functions. Outsourcing can also help
organizations make better use of their resources, time and
infrastructure.
In outsourcing, the outsourcer and the
outsourcing partner have a greater relationship when compared to the
relationship between a buyer and a seller. In outsourcing, the
outsourcer trusts the outsourcing partner with vital information.
Outsourcing is no longer confined to the outsourcing of IT services.
Outsourcers in the US and UK now outsource financial services,
engineering services, creative services, data entry services and much
more.
Most organizations are opting to outsource because
outsourcing enables organizations to access intellectual capital, focus
on core competencies, shorten the delivery cycle time and reduce costs
significantly. Organizations feel outsourcing is an effective business
strategy to help improve their business.
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Outsourcing
Organizations
who are interested in outsourcing are often curious to know more about
advantages and disadvantages of offshoring. By gaining insight about
both the good and bad of outsourcing, organizations can decide if
outsourcing is right for them. Most organization jump headlong into
outsourcing, without actually finding out if outsourcing is good for
their business. Before outsourcing, ensure that you are aware about the
pros and cons of outsourcing.
The advantages and
disadvantages of outsourcing can help your organization decide if
outsourcing is right for your business. The following is a list of the
advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing:
The Advantages of Outsourcing
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Outsourcing your non-core activities will give you more time to concentrate on your core business processes
- Offshoring can give you access to professional, expert and high-quality services
- With outsourcing your organization can experience increased efficiency and productivity in non-core business processes
- Outsourcing can help you streamline your business operations
- Offshore outsourcing can help you save on time, effort, manpower, operating costs and training costs amongst others
- Outsourcing can make your organization more flexible to change
- You can experience an increased control of your business with outsourcing
- Your organization can save on investing in the latest technology, software
and infrastructure as your outsourcing partner would be investing in
these
- Outsourcing can give you assurance that your
business processes are being carried out efficiently, proficiently and
within a fast turnaround time
- Offshoring can help your organization save on capital expenditures
- By outsourcing, your company can save on management problems as your
offshore partner will be managing the team who does your work
- By outsourcing, you can cater to the new and challenging demands of your customers
- Outsourcing can help your organization to free up its cash flow
- Sharing your business risks is possible with outsourcing
- Outsourcing can give your business a competitive advantage as you will be able to
increase productivity in all the areas of your business
- Outsourcing can help your organization to cut is operational costs to more than half
If you want your organization to stay ahead of
competition, concentrate on core competencies and make use of the
latest technologies, then outsourcing can help your organization
achieve all this and more. In outsourcing, the advantages of
outsourcing are more than the disadvantages of outsourcing. The pros of
outsourcing have driven more organization to step into offshoring and
experience the benefits that it has to offer.
The Disadvantages of Outsourcing
- At times, it is more cost-effective to conduct a particular business process, rather than outsourcing it
- While outsourcing services such as payroll processing services and tax
preparation services, your outsourcing provider will be able to see
your company’s confidential information and hence there is a threat to
security and confidentiality in outsourcing
- When you begin to outsource your business processes, you might find it difficult
to manage the offshore provider when compared to managing processes
within your organization
- Offshoring can create potential redundancies for your organization
- In case, your offshore service provider becomes bankrupt or goes out of
business, your organization will have to immediately move your business
processes in-house or find another outsourcing provider
- The employees in your organization might not like the idea of you
outsourcing your processes and they might express lack of interest or
lack of quality at work
- Your outsourcing provider might
not be only providing services for your organization. Since your
provider might be catering to the needs of several companies, there
might be not be complete devotion to you and your company
- By outsourcing, you might forget to cater to the needs of your valuable
customers as your focus will be on the business process that is
outsourced
- In outsourcing, you may lose your control over the process that is outsourced
- Outsourcing, though cost-effective, might have hidden costs, such as the legal costs
incurred while signing a contract between companies. You might also
have to spend a lot of time and effort in getting the contract signed
- With outsourcing, your organization might suffer from a lack of customer focus
- There can be several disadvantages in outsourcing, such as, renewing
contracts, misunderstanding of the contract, lack of communication,
poor quality and delayed services amongst others.
The disadvantages of offshoring give organizations an
opportunity to think about what they are stepping into. However the
disadvantages of outsourcing are less than the advantages of offshore
outsourcing. When outsourcing, you might not experience any of these
disadvantages of offshoring, if you find a reliable outsourcing
partner. Before outsourcing take the interests of your customers and
employees into consideration and then make an informed decision. If
your organization is genuinely interested in outsourcing, let not the
disadvantages of outsourcing stop you.
What is Insourcing?
The
opposite of outsourcing can be defined as insourcing. When an
organization delegates its work to another entity, which is internal
yet not a part of the organization, it is termed as insourcing. The
internal entity will usually have a specialized team who will be
proficient in the providing the required services. Organizations
sometimes opt for insourcing because it enables them to maintain a
better control of what they outsource. Insourcing has also come to be
defined as transferring work from one organization to another
organization which is located within the same country. Insourcing can
also mean an organization building a new business centre or facility
which would specialize in a particular service or product.
Organizations
involved in production usually opt for insourcing in order to cut down
the cost of labor and taxes amongst others. The trend towards
insourcing has increased since the year 2006. Organizations who have
been dissatisfied with outsourcing have moved towards insourcing. Some
organizations feel that they can have better customer support and
better control over the work outsourced by insourcing their work rather
than outsourcing it. According to recent studies, there is more wok
insourced than outsourced in the U.S and U.K. These countries are
currently the largest outsourcers in the world. The U.S and U.K
outsource and insource work equally.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsourcing
http://www.outsource2india.com/why_outsource/articles/advantages-disadvantages-outsourcing.asp
http://www.outsource2india.com/why_india/articles/outsourcing-versus-insourcing.asp
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On the assumption that you heard/read the SONA of the President last month, (July 2000), identify at least 3 areas related to ICT and identify how these areas can improve our quality of life.
1.“Kung noong nakaraan, lumakas ang electronics, today we are creating wealth by developing the BPO and tourism sectors as additional engines of growth. Electronics and other manufactured exports rise and fall in accordance with the state of the world economy.
But BPO remains resilient. With earnings of $6 billion and employment of 600,000, the BPO phenomenon speaks eloquently of our competitiveness and productivity. Let us have a Department of ICT”
as a member of this society, it is great news to us and advantage to have a DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY. In our country to have this kind of opportunity to have our own Department is a great demand and important because one of this is to have a lot of slut in job, many pilipino hunting some job and work in order to them to sustain their own needs in their family to have better job that can help them to improve their selves not only them to the country to have a good look and background and to be more competitive in other country... in education ICT is also goOd and greAt.... with the use of the modern and high technology information and communiction.. through technology specifically by the use of Internet student can easily learn, adopt, control and manage technology by their own, it can help student to become more knowledgeable about what modern technology is and how important information and communication technology are.....
2."Sa telecommunications naman, inatasan ko ang Telecommunications
Commission na kumilos na tungkol sa mga sumbong na dropped calls at mga
nawawalang load sa cellphone.
We need to amend the Commonwealth-era
Public Service Law. And we need to do it now…."
we all know that we pilipinos are the one who most good source of that... most pilipino are time to time using loads and communication... so, it is so very important to solve that case many people using load and communication in everyday life.. in office, in schools, and many many more... using this kind of high technology, the users or people make their life more easy..
if we will not update this case.. soo how can we use it?? how can we benefit ourselves?? we can say it... it is useless if they will not resolve it...
3.“As the seeds of fundamental political reform are planted, let us address the highest exercise of democracy, voting! In 2001, I said we would finance fully automated elections.
We got it, thanks to Congress.”
we student.. we pilipinos.. honestly i'm soo very excited of that implementing the automated election.. i'm happy because they are now fully financed the automated election hehe... well it is my first time to vote.. and my vote well be the beginning of the changes in our country... in short "ako ang simula ng pag babago" haha for atlast it been along time since i waited this moment to vote for what i wanted to be in the govenment position 
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so much for that, hehe actually this is a big impact of our country, it simply shows that our country is now much more bigger and bigger and it is starting to improve.. well i hope their will be no corruption.. if i know some of government official are now planning how can they manipulate the system 
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"Batu Batu sa langit matamaan wag magalit"
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