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By Stephanie Lepow - Originally posted on Cloud Solutions


Today’s employees are accustomed to a new consumer-driven culture where they have a voice, are connected and can get things done when and where they want. Everywhere you look, people are tapping away on smartphones and tablets. And it’s not just about texting friends or posting Facebook status updates. Consumers today shop in their pajamas, and in the airport terminal and on their way to work. They pay bills while standing in line at the grocery store. They answer emails while waiting for their latte. Mobile technology—both the accessibility and the attention paid to delivering a simple and user-centric experience—has changed the way we communicate. This has spilled over into the workplace. In the 2013 Avanade “Work Redesigned” study of 600 executives, business leaders and IT leaders worldwide, 61% of companies report that most employees use personal computing devices at work. While most are still using phones and tablets for basic tasks such as reading email and managing their calendars, more than a third of companies say employees use the devices for advanced tasks such as customer relationship management (CRM), project management, content creation, and data analysis. The 2013-2014 CedarCrestone HR Systems Survey echoes this trend, noting that mobile-enabled process adoption grew 67% since 2012 with the most use in payroll, recruiting and performance management. CedarCrestone predicts that mobile-enabled processes will almost double by 2014.
Modern HR leaders are tapping into this trend, enabling their employees to access HR applications on their smartphones and tablets for everything from basic self-service tasks that used to require assistance from HR—such as updating personal data or reviewing benefits—to more complex tasks such as analyzing headcount reports and reviewing employee performance data.
As this video from Newfield Exploration shows, mobile applications can also play a huge role in keeping managers and employees aligned on objectives and performance goals, providing staff with real-time access to critical information, and connecting colleagues when they are spread out among offices.



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Stephanie Lepow brings more than 13 years of marketing experience in the B2B and B2B technology industries to her role at Oracle, where she is a member of the Human Capital Management product marketing team. Stephanie’s specialties include content marketing, demand generation, product marketing, messaging and positioning, and campaign strategy.  Prior to joining Oracle, Stephanie led demand generation, customer retention marketing and marketing communications efforts for Ellie Mae, Inc. Stephanie has also worked in marketing for the online gaming and satellite communications industries and volunteers her time as a pro-bono marketing consultant for the Taproot Foundation
https://blogs.oracle.com/OracleHCM/entry/the_world_s_gone_mobile