Technologization of Man and Marketization of His Activities and Culture of the Future

Zacher, Lech W.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47164-8_3

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“…This development is reflected in HR professionals reporting their function having become “standardized,” processes having been “digitalized” and new “HR information systems” having been put in action or being implemented. Thus, it may be inferred that the ongoing “technologization” (Zacher, 2017) fueled by digital transformation has allowed e-HRM (Bondarouk and Ruël, 2009; Bondarouk et al , 2017), HRA (Marler and Boudreau, 2017) and HCA (Minbaeva, 2017), relying on the HRIS resources (Bondarouk et al , 2017) built in the past, and now being updated to more efficiently serve the future business-led needs of precise and actionable HR information and insight based on (big) HR data, to materialize. In effect, due to this development, it is possible to speculate whether the HR function may be evolving from its soft roots into a hard, data-driven decision science of its own, as called for by Boudreau and Ramstad (2002), and whether this would be a welcome trajectory for the future HR.…”

Section: Results – the Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Big data and HR analytics in the digital era

Dahlbom¹,

Siikanen²,

Sajasalo³

et al. 2019

BJM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on how the HR function takes advantage of human resource analytics (HRA), including big data (BD), and discuss factors hindering HRA and data utilization. Moreover, the authors discuss the implications of the HRA-induced role transformation of the human resource (HR) function. Design/methodology/approach This is an explorative case study based on qualitative interviews in nine leading Finnish companies. Findings The results indicate that both technical and human obstacles, operating with very basic HR processes and traditional information systems and poor data quality, hinder adoption of advanced HRA. This, combined with lacking skills in analytics and business understanding, inability to go beyond reporting, misconceptions related to BD and traditional compliance-oriented HR culture pose further challenges for the data analytics capacity and business partner role of the HR function. Senior executives expect no significant advancements of HRA, while HR professionals saw potential value in BD, although skepticism was not uncommon. The results point toward a need for increased cooperation with data analysts and HR professionals in provision and understanding the HR-related data for business-related decision making. Furthermore, cultural change and organizational redesign may be called for, in addition to overcoming technological obstacles related to BD, for it to have an impact on HR practices. HRA utilization and role transition of the HR function seem closely related and this transformation can be mutually reinforcing. Originality/value This study provides and theorizes explorative data on HRA within a group of some of the largest Finnish companies, pointing toward an immature state of the art in BD and HRA utilization and there being a relationship between HRA and the role transition of the HR function in organizations.

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Section: Results – the Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Big data and HR analytics in the digital era

Dahlbom¹,

Siikanen²,

Sajasalo³

et al. 2019

BJM

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“…This strengthens the idea that technology is a global concept -as are the global concerns -which is incoherent with reality. As remarked by Zacher (Zacher, 2017b), the mainstream narrative about technology issues comes from that part of the world that currently exploits and designs the technology itself, and technological progress has become a value per se, along with the issue of technology transfer. Innovation and creativity in technology development are in fact strictly linked to the market-driven economic growth by generation of demand, equated to the satisfaction of human needs, whereas real human needs are rarely addressed per se as purposes.…”

Section: Technology and The Societiesmentioning

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Is technology optimism justified? A discussion towards a comprehensive narrative

Gonella

Almeida

Fiorentino

et al. 2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…It is through the development and utilisation of technology that humans gain the power of transformation (Fischer-Kowalski and Haberl, 2007). The Neolithic Revolution provided humans with stone and iron tools utilised for planting and cultivation to establish an agrarian society (Weisdorf, 2005); industrial revolutions elicited scientific and engineering discoveries that brought prosperity to the industrial society; and the information revolutions have facilitated knowledge exchanges and escalations in socio-economic evolution (Zacher, 2017). However, there is also increasing evidence that technology development entangles a myriad of socioeconomic and environmental complexities (Anadon et al, 2016).…”

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The development of ancient Chinese agricultural and water technology from 8000 BC to 1911 AD

Wei

Head

et al. 2019

Palgrave Commun

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Technology developments have made significant impacts on both humans and the environment in which they live. However, there is limited whole-of-system understanding of ancient technology development. This paper aims to uncover the evolutionary pattern of the ancient Chinese agricultural technology system that focused on land and water mobilisations from 8000 BC to 1911 AD. Our findings show that agricultural technology in China transitioned through an extremely slow, S-shaped pathway, increasing only ten fold in over 8000 years. The technology system was initially driven by tangible tools (40% of growth), then by technological theories and practices that contributed more than 50% of growth. Its development was spatially inclined to the Yellow River then to the Yangtze River region, where over 45% of technologies were developed. This study provides an empirical baseline for comparative studies between pre-industrial and industrial technologies. Greater understanding of the mechanisms of technology development will be required to reorientate technology development for present and future generations.

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Technologization of Man and Marketization of His Activities and Culture of the Future

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Big data and HR analytics in the digital era

Big data and HR analytics in the digital era

Is technology optimism justified? A discussion towards a comprehensive narrative

The development of ancient Chinese agricultural and water technology from 8000 BC to 1911 AD

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