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