Gartner Report

Hype Cycle for Human Capital Management Software, 2011

"Social media, software as a service (SaaS) and mobile technology have altered the HCM technology landscape." Download Gartner’s Hype Cycle for HCM Software and learn why Social Employee Recognition Systems was added to this year’s cycle with Globoforce listed as a sample vendor.

In this report, you will learn why:

• Gartner is "seeing a growth in tools that support informal feedback and recognition, and collaboration and innovation applications have added analytics to track employee actions."
   
• "Employers have used catalog-type recognition systems for decades; however, recently, we have seen social software concepts applied to this market."
   
• Gartner "expects to see tighter integration between recognition systems and talent management applications."