Get tips for using Microsoft Business Solutions Business Portal and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services to deliver the functions of your human resources department to your employees' desktops. Microsoft Business Portal integrates with Microsoft Dynamics GP to make it easier for your organization to provide the right information to the right people, all from a single Web-based portal. This 43-page white paper offers tips on how to customize Microsoft Business Portal to meet your company’s human resource (HR) needs. This paper will show you how to take advantage of the features of Microsoft Business Portal and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services to better connect your employees with the information and tools of your organization’s HR department.Your human resources portal will provide HR-related content and applications to those employees who need it—those assigned the roles of Employee, Manager, Payroll Administrator, and Human Resources Administrator. By using Microsoft Business Portal and SharePoint features, you can create an HR portal where: | • | Employees can look up 401(k) information, enter timecards, and change their personal information. | | • | Managers can approve timecards, post job openings, and review performance management information. | | • | Human resources team members can find employee data, communicate benefits changes and company policies, and discuss team issues. |
Implementing an HR portal in your organization will yield several benefits, including: | • | Reduced administrative costs | | • | Increased productivity | | • | Increased information access | | • | Manager access for improved decision making |
This white paper includes specific steps for implementing such an HR portal and tailoring it to your organization’s needs. The document also includes sample HR portal pages, as well as information about how to create them. Sally Erickson is a technical writer for the Microsoft Business Portal team. In her five years at Microsoft, she has written documentation for several Business Portal products, including Key Performance Indicators, Human Resources Management Self-Service Suite, and the Software Development Kit.
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