Nakisa OrgHub for Mobile: Put a clear view of your org in the hands of your employees

On November 25, 2012, Nakisa released version 4.0 of its suite of organization and talent visualization applications. The suite comprises of two SAP® Solution Extensions, SAP® Organizational Visualization by Nakisa® (SOVN) and SAP® Talent Visualization by Nakisa® (STVN). The 4.0 suite includes a number of major feature developments and performance enhancements.

Following the release of 4.0, Nakisa announced (in January, 2013) the release of a new mobile application Nakisa® OrgHub™ for Mobile. This new application brings the functionality of Nakisa® OrgChart™ to your mobile workforce through an optimized and intuitive touch-based interface.

This technical whitepaper provides an overview of the requirements for deploying Nakisa® OrgHub™ for Mobile into an enterprise environment. It also reviews the considerations that should be taken into account to ensure organizations can achieve a smooth roll-out of the Nakisa OrgHub™ for Mobile application and how Nakisa is well-prepared to help IT departments mitigate risk and overcome challenges. This paper will be of particular interest to IT Managers and Executives, Technical Consultants, SAP Basis Administrators, Mobile Device Specialists, Business Analysts and Technical Support Staff.

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Key strategies to optimizing organizational performance

Most organizations have a system in place to evaluate workforce performance. Typically, performance evaluations are conducted annually and used to determine pay raises and drive career development. Despite numerous reservations about the effectiveness of the annual performance evaluation process, managers, human resources professionals and executives need to keep employee productivity levels up and make the most of the resources at their disposal. Effectively managing the performance of an organization’s workforce is the core to optimizing productivity and, ultimately, organizational success.

There are numerous strategies to help organizations improve performance and implement an effective performance management system. This whitepaper reviews the current state of performance management in organizations and reveals real and actionable strategies on how organizations can move to an effective performance management system. It covers:

The key strategies to optimizing organizational performance;

• Why traditional performance management processes are failing to meet the needs of organizations today;
• How continuous, ongoing performance discussions, goal-setting and feedback help employees to meet and exceed expectations; and
• How technology can help organizations not only meet their performance management objectives but also their company goals & objectives.

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Goals & Performance Whitepaper from Nakisa Inc.

Nakisa Private Cloud: All the agility of and power of the cloud, all the control and peace of mind of on-premise

Nakisa Private Cloud is a cloud computing platform that keeps your data safe within your corporate firewall. This deployment option enables you to benefit from the same features and advantages of the cloud, without compromising control over your company data, data security, and regulatory compliance. By using Nakisa Private Cloud, you can continue to focus on your strategic business objectives without needing to shift the focus onto IT infrastructure.

A scalable private cloud platform with high availability and dependability, Nakisa Private Cloud offers the flexibility to implement Nakisa’s solutions without the burden of operational and configuration concerns.

Since Nakisa provides and maintains its solutions through its private cloud as a service, your company can easily and quickly solve some of its toughest technology challenges.

Nakisa Private Cloud Module Overview from Nakisa Inc.

Does your employee rock or not? Why annual performance review just don’t work.

It’s that time of the year again: Annual performance evaluations. You’ve got a team of 10 employees you need to evaluate. So, you start thinking back… Bob has been lagging this winter but he did close that huge account last summer… Barbara is a star at the moment but didn’t accomplish much in the first half of the year… Jill has been sick a lot lately…

How can any manager possibly remember all these details? Can a manager really effectively and objectively evaluate an employee once a year?

What if the employee is a typically star player but made a big mistake right before evaluations? What if a low performer closes one good deal right before the evaluation? How can a manager comfortably address that employee’s poor performance the rest of the year without seeming unappreciative of the great deal?

Organizations need to shift performance evaluations from a once-a-year review to one that encourages ongoing communications and feedback. The frequency in which organizations address employee performance has undoubtedly a profound impact on an organization’s efficacy. Ensuring that all employees understand what's expected of them and how their goals align with their organization’s strategic goals is equally important. If performance management relies too much on infrequent goal-setting and inconsistent feedback, it does not drive better performance.

Traditional performance appraisals are one of the most frequently criticized talent management practices. And with good reason. Criticism ranges from the workforces’ perception of it being “a complete waste of time” and having a destructive effect that leaves employees disengaged and demotivated. People only become engaged when they are growing and learning when they believe that their own goals are attainable and when they see how their goals impact their organization.

In order to develop top talent and be successful, organizations need to give managers the tools and systems they need to efficiently evaluate and support their teams. Technology plays an important role in performance management. Effective performance management systems have enabled organizations to shift from paper-based evaluation systems to electronic formats that simplify the tracking and exchange of information. A good performance management solution demonstrates how employees are currently performing and identifies which ones contribute the most, or the least. It provides employees with transparency into their personal performance in the workplace and insight into their future career development.

Learn more about effective performance management and the solutions available to help you achieve it by downloading our whitepaper: “The future of effective performance management: Maximize potential, exceed goals, get results.” 

Strategic HR departments’ best kept secret… revealed!

While you’ve got numerous head count working countless hours restructuring and redesigning departments, modelling new hires into the org structure, and adapting the org chart to fit in the latest developments and changes in your organization, strategic HR departments are using these valuable resources to focus on talent management initiatives and employee communications. What is their secret?

They have obtained a robust modelling solution that enables them to better manage any type of organizational change such as growth, rightsizing and reorganization. These strategic HR departments can achieve organizational agility, easily visualize and understand how they are organized, plan for the future, and transition the workforce to its optimal state, all without having to save countless versions of spreadsheets and spend hours correcting mistakes and updating changes.

These clever HR departments are using Nakisa® OrgModeler™ as a modeling tool to manage their workforce planning needs. From quick, drag-and-drop org chart changes to scenario modeling for a major workforce reorganization such as a merger & acquisition, Nakisa® OrgModeler™ provides your HR team with the proper tools to effectively manage change processes supporting collaboration and strengthening your organization.

But you haven’t heard the best part yet! Nakisa® OrgModeler™ can write back directly into your SAP HCM ERP for consistent, reliable data and information. Write back can save you and your resources valuable time and energy, not to mention spare you the headache of sifting through changes and correcting errors.

Now that you are in on the secret, save on time and resources by using a solution that will give you insight into your most current org chart, design potential change processes, and analyze the impact changes will have on your organization.

Contact nakisa@nakisa.com today for more info. 

Clean, accurate HR data: Essential to all HR activities, essential to your business

Most organizations know that when preparing to implement a new HCM solution, the data needs to be as clean as possible. What they might not know is that clean data is vital for a variety of reasons, notably to have the ability to make quick business decisions based on accurate information.

If you are currently managing your org chart manually through spreadsheets and saving multiple versions, you already know that this process is flawed, labor-intensive, and prone to errors. No matter what objectives your organization has in store — a merger, restructuring, talent management, succession or career planning — the success of any HR activities lies in its clean data.

With the speed in which the business world evolves, how can your organization add value, reduce costs and save time in strategic HR activities?

Software.

The only concrete solution to ensuring reliable, clean data is to have in place robust data quality software that:

ü  Provides a centralized data repository, which is web-based for easy access

ü  Creates clear processes and rules for managing HR data that key stakeholders can easily follow

ü  Provides enough automation functionalities needed to minimize manual data entry

ü  Displays your data and identified missing information and data discrepancies based on pre-defined and customizable rules

ü  Allows for quick access to accurate data for easy reporting, improved efficiency and time saved

ü  Enables data audit and correction using easy-to-follow instructions and smart links

Nakisa® OrgAudit™ provides a simple and smart way for your organization to take control of critical business data. The solution provides Managers, HR & Executives with a clear process and the tools they need to analyze, cleanse and monitor HR data for better business decision-making.

Learn more about this solution by watching an on-demand webinar, downloading the brochure or contacting Nakisa at nakisa@nakisa.com. 

The mobile future is now: Three challenges IT departments are facing in 2014

The demand for anytime, anywhere network access is growing at lightning speed. Businesses now need a well-defined mobile strategy to ensure IT departments have the tools, solutions, security and resources ready to drive the implementation. With the explosion of mobile, IT departments are facing the following challenges:

1.       A growing demand for quick access to information.

It’s true that mobile devices help employees be more efficient no matter where they are, travelling for business or even on public transit. Also, to remain competitive, organizations need to be able to react more quickly to market conditions and customer needs. Mobile technologies are helping businesses become more agile, however, in many cases, it can also disrupt corporate networks. IT departments need to start now to plan for and prepare mobile usage policies.

2.       A secure and efficient management of corporate networks.

IT departments need to know what devices are trying to connect to their networks so they can provide convenient, secure access to those that are authorized. They must establish a standard for connected devices by making an initial inventory of all the devices on the network, categorize them and then set network access policies based on the risk profile of the device. This allows for a secure, convenient access for authorized devices, while providing appropriate limited access for unauthorized devices, notably personal devices employees bring to work.

3.       Numerous requests for “bring your own device” (BYOD) policies.

Businesses are counting on strategic IT departments to come up with robust, simple, scalable and secure BYOD strategies for their enterprise to allow users to access information from their personal devices. A BYOD policy needs to deliver the essentials for secure network access and take into consideration securing mobile devices, simplifying device and network management, and scalability.

IT departments that try to keep up by using traditional network access control methods risk putting their companies at a disadvantage. By choosing the right technology to use on mobile devices for their organization, IT will improve network security and manageability, save time, increase employee productivity and gain strategic business advantage.

Learn about Nakisa® OrgHub™ for Mobile

Nakisa® OrgHub™ for Mobile provides Managers, HR & Executives with the ability to access accurate and up-to-date organizational information anytime, anywhere, enabling both IT and business to make better decisions and communicate more efficiently. With this fully integrated application, people can keep up with the daily pace of business by breaking down the barriers of traditional working and automatically mirroring the existing Nakisa® OrgChart™ application on a mobile device, creating a seamless user experience. Learn how Nakisa® OrgHub™ for Mobile can help you keep up with the speed of business. Download the whitepaper.