{"id":14674,"date":"2023-03-23T12:28:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T11:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/?p=14674"},"modified":"2023-03-23T13:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:53:29","slug":"hr-reporting-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/en\/blog\/hr-reporting-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"HR reporting &#8211; get the basics right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HR reporting involves the collection and analysis of HR data in order to collect different HR metrics depending on the company&#8217;s objectives. This data is analyzed using simple descriptive statistics procedures or statistical association measures.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>HR reporting includes all measures that serve to record information about the workforce and analyze it at regular intervals. All this happens at the push of a button, right? Exactly not! The reality is more like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many highly paid HR controllers sometimes despair of how much time they spend on <strong>operational HR reporting<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They do not have time for higher quality <strong>analyses<\/strong> and discussions with <strong>management<\/strong> about <strong>insights<\/strong> and <strong>decision support<\/strong> based on analyzed HR data.<\/li>\n<li>The creation of HR reports is usually done on the basis of numerous Excel files; each time the &#8220;wheel is reinvented&#8221;. <strong>Revision security<\/strong> is missing!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite numerous books, seminars, practical experience and comprehensive software solutions, many managers sometimes make the situation outlined above difficult for themselves:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For example, HR metrics and indicators are sometimes not derived from the corporate and HR strategy.<\/li>\n<li>HR-related standards are often not consistently incorporated into the selection of relevant HR metrics and reports.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalizeconsulting.com\/what-is-analytic-process-automation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Analytic Process Automation<\/a> is underestimated in terms of RoI and ease of use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>John Naisbitt, an American futurologist, once said: &#8220;We are drowning in information but starving for knowledge. In this article, I therefore focus on some success factors with regard to HR reporting.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Derivation from corporate and HR strategy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Strategy development affects a company on several levels: on the corporate level, the business unit level and the functional level &#8211; in our case HR.<\/p>\n<p>In two articles &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/en\/blog\/strategy-volatility-agility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strategic courage in VUCA times<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/en\/blog\/hr-strategy-execution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strategic HR &#8211; also in execution<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; I have already dealt intensively with the development of an HR strategy.<\/p>\n<p>It is of central importance that this strategy is operationalized with the help of an <a href=\"https:\/\/hbswk.hbs.edu\/archive\/the-hr-scorecard-linking-people-strategy-and-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HR scorecard<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/kanbanize.com\/lean-management\/hoshin-kanri\/what-is-hoshin-kanri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hoshin Kanri approach<\/a>, or by means of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/en\/blog\/reviews-staying-on-track\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OKR<\/a>! Here, personnel-related standards as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/hr-n0-ten-ideas-shaping-future-human-capability-dave-ulrich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Capability Framework developed by Dave Ulrich<\/a> should be integrated.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Integration of personnel-related standards<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The following illustration of the development of personnel-related key figures comes from Vanessa Sacco:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Entwicklung-personalbezogener-Kennzahlen-EN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"448\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14680 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Entwicklung-personalbezogener-Kennzahlen-EN.png\" alt=\"HR metrics\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Entwicklung-personalbezogener-Kennzahlen-EN-200x122.png 200w, https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Entwicklung-personalbezogener-Kennzahlen-EN-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Entwicklung-personalbezogener-Kennzahlen-EN-400x244.png 400w, https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Entwicklung-personalbezogener-Kennzahlen-EN-600x367.png 600w, https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Entwicklung-personalbezogener-Kennzahlen-EN.png 733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In two articles &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/en\/blog\/sustainability-reporting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainability: are you reporting yet?<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/blog\/hcr-din-iso-30414\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Capital Reporting along DIN ISO 30414<\/a>&#8221; (unfortunately only in German so far) &#8211; I have already discussed some of these standards.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>HCR10<\/strong> provides a total of 73 indicators in seven reporting areas, 45 of which are declared as mandatory indicators and the remaining as optional indicators.<br \/>\nThe latest version of the <strong>GRI-SRS<\/strong> (Sustainability Reporting Standards) is divided into 34 topic-specific standards, within which 89 indicators are defined. 31 of these are considered relevant to human resources.<br \/>\n<strong>DIN ISO 30414<\/strong> comprises 58 indicators in eleven core areas.\u00a0 For external reporting, 20 indicators are considered suitable for large companies, whereas ten indicators are relevant for SMEs.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Analytic Process Automation<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Companies of various industries and sizes are now using an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/en\/blog\/strim-alteryx-partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Analytic Process Automation (APA) Platform&#x2122;<\/a> to add insights and analytics to data and calculations. An APA Platform&#x2122; provides end-to-end automation of analytics, machine learning and data science processes. This enables a level of agility needed to accelerate digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p>APA is neither <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uipath.com\/rpa\/robotic-process-automation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robotic Process Automation (RPA)<\/a> nor <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Business_process_automation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Process Automation (BPA)<\/a>, nor is it a data tool. It is an<strong> automated self-service data analytics platform<\/strong> that focuses primarily on business outcomes while empowering everyone in the organization to adopt an analytics culture. It creates the foundation for performing high-quality analytics whether they know code or not &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchsoftwarequality\/definition\/low-code-no-code-development-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low-code\/no-code capabilities<\/a> &#8211; and whether they are trained in Data Science or not.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/en\/blog\/category\/workforce-analytics-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People analytics (PA)<\/a> isn&#8217;t really possible without sophisticated HR reporting, but PA is more than just reporting. Both tools are used to share critical information that helps managers make better decisions.<br \/>\nReporting and analytics have distinct differences. <strong>Reporting<\/strong> focuses on arranging and presenting facts, while <strong>Analytics<\/strong> provides actionable insights. 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