Transforming HR

Change is at the heart of innovation. And at the heart of change are two fundamental issues –


1. Are people ready to accept that the present is not ideal and change is required?

2. Are people unhappy with their present position?

All great societies, corporations have changed because they fundamentally believed in these two aspects – they had the guts to accept the need for change and they were unhappy with their present state. This why great civilizations could wear-off discrimination that were based on colour, race, gender etc. This is why great companies could change their strategies, core-competence and priorities.

The ones that have lagged behind are the ones who do not want to accept that something needs to be changes and are too happy in their own cocoons. The other day when I visited a doctor’s clinic and was waiting for my turn, there were other people in the waiting area too. Among them was a family of three – couple with their 3 or 4 year old daughter. The small girl very innocently threw the wrapper of the toffee she ate on the floor of the clinic. Her mother immediately pointed her to lift the wrapper. But the next moment I was disappointed, for her father further instructed her to throw that wrapper outside the clinic. ‘Clean Homes, Dirty Streets! When will this change?

Hr transformation in many companies is the need of the hour. From remaining glorified back-offices they need to be at the centre-stage of engagement based management of people to leverage competitive edge of their respective companies. HR department have to become more modern integrating cost-effective and technology based solutions. But for that to happen fundamental belief of the decision-makers of the company has to change and they have to accept that change is required and they have to be unhappy with the way things are going-on in terms of people management.

Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited has recently entered a partnership with Oracle to launch ‘Wipro SprintHR’, a cloud based technology to enable enterprise customers transform their HR processes.

This will be offered though deployment of Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management. Leveraging its strong relationship with Oracle and co-development experience on Oracle Fusion Applications, Wipro SprintHR helps significantly reduce cost and deployment timelines. It offers a unique and powerful blend of fusion human capital management modules that include HCM processes like talent management, benefits management, besides core Hr administration.