Position Management

What is Position Management?

  • Delivered functionality within the PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) 9.0 system (Position Management module)
  • Maintains Human Resources and Budget information on every authorized employment position
  • Position Management defines Human Resources by position, rather than by employee
  • Defines attributes of positions within departments and defines reporting relationships

When is it happening?

  • June 15 – July 1, 2009 – Communication roll-out
  • July 1, 2009 – Position Management module go-live

Why is it important? What are the advantages?

  • Ensures the right person is being paid from the right funds for the right position
  • Ability to manage the University’s workforce by position in addition to tracking by employee
  • Streamline processes for recruiting and hiring personnel (regular and contractual)
  • Provides transparency of the organizational structure and staffing needs
  • Real-time and consistent workforce information
  • Provides committed funding (budget) and salary expenses by position, both vacant and filled
  • Improved reporting and analysis capabilities (i.e. system generated organizational charts)

How will it impact my work?

  • Proactive approach in addressing the staffing needs to support a department’s / division’s strategic goals
  • Ability to make timely decisions regarding hiring and recruiting personnel
  • Shared responsibility on determining the human resource needs of a department to support the University’s strategic plan
  • Flexibility to use base budgets to fund positions that better support departmental needs