Business Intelligence for Human Capital Management

Thisarticlepresentstheresultsofanexploratorystudyoftheuseofbusinessintelligence(BI)toolsto helptomakedecisionsabouthumanresourcesmanagementinPortugueseorganizations.Thepurpose ofthisarticleistoanalyzetheeffectiveuseofBItoolsinintegratingreports,analytics,dashboards, andmetrics,whichimpactsonthedecisionmakingtheprocessofhumanresourcemanagers.The methodology approach was quantitative based on the results of a survey to 43 human resource managersandtechnicians.Thedataanalysistechniquewascorrelationcoefficientandregression analysisperformedbyIBMSPSSsoftware.Itwasalsoappliedqualitativeanalysisbasedonafocus grouptoidentifytheimpactsofbusinessintelligenceonthehumanresourcesstrategiesofPortuguese companies.Thefindingsofthisstudyarethat:businessintelligenceispositivelyassociatedwith HRMdecision-making,andbusinessintelligencewillsignificantlypredictHRMdecisionmaking. TheresearchalsoexaminestheprocessoftheinformationgatheredwithBItoolsfromthehuman resourcesinformationsystemonthedecisionsofthehumanresourcesmanagersandthatimpacts theperformanceoftheorganizations.Thestudyalsogivesindicationsaboutthepracticesandgaps, bothintermsofhumanresourcesmanagementandinprocessesrelatedtobusinessintelligence(BI) tools.Itpointsoutthedifferentfactorsthatmustworktogethertofacilitateeffectivedecision-making. Thearticleisstructuredasfollows:aliteraturereviewconcerningtheuseofthebusinessintelligence conceptandtoolsandthelinkbetweenBIandhumanresourcesmanagement,methodology,andthe mainfindingsandconclusions. KeywoRdS Business Intelligence, Decision making, Human Resources Management, Human Resources Metrics

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