OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- 02/01/10 -- Halogen Software has released the results of a recent poll of human resources professionals' opinions on controversial topics in business and talent management. The poll was conducted in conjunction with a panel webcast that took place at the end of 2009, with seven HR thought leaders as part of Halogen's HR Raging Debates forum.
The webcast polled over 400 HR practitioners on each topic debated, with an average response rate of 200. The results share a collective view on topics including generational management, merit-based pay, social media in the workplace, HR metrics, EFCA complacency, and the future role of HR. They can be found on the latest update to Halogen's Raging Debates Forum (http://www.halogensoftware.com/hr-raging-debates/?page_id=217). The forum brings together HR experts including academics, analysts, authors, practitioners and bloggers to provide insight into some the hottest issues in talent management and HR.
The polls were taken after the webcast panelists shared their thoughts on each of the 10 issues debated. For example, although 40 percent of companies admit to using stack ranking, a process that uses ranking to force the organization to separate high from low performers, Josh Bersin, CEO of Bersin and Associates commented, "Ranking will not solve the main problem of assessing and coaching people to improve performance - this is the true goal of management."
Another hot button HR issue, succession planning, was discussed with regards to whether employees should be notified of their place in a succession pool. Kris Dunn, Vice President of People at Daxko, and popular HR blogger at HR Capitalist, advocated the importance of disclosure, saying, "There may be a lot of employee relations issues around disclosing but you have to do it... A big benefit of succession planning is retention, if people know they are on the list."
The Raging Debates webcast poll also addressed the question of who should make decisions on executive compensation and bonuses for companies that were bailed out by government. Libby Sartain, HR Advisor and former CH
