Mastering SAP ERP HCM. Organizational Management

This book teaches the HCM team how to maximize the organizational management (OM) component of SAP ERP HCM. Go beyond the basics by delving into all aspects of the component. It teaches all of the key OM functions, their purposes, and how to use and customize them to get the most out of their SAP HCM implementation. Supported by in-depth explanations and practical examples, learn to take your OM model to the next level by adding new objects, search criteria, and tab pages to customize the UI to meet your organizational needs.

* Explore all functions of OM from a global perspective
* Reference customer examples that offer context for decisions and outline the benefits of different OM options
* Get practical integration and configuration tips and techniques

Key OM Functions
Explore the key OM functions, their purpose, and learn how to use and customize them.

Organization Plan Creation
Go beyond the basics and explore the data object-oriented model and learn how infotypes and relationships are used to create an organizational plan.

Maintenance and Data Management
Identify the methods for maintaining your complex data structure with details on OM maintenance tools to modify and transform data.

OM Integration
Understand how OM can be integrated with other HCM functions including Personnel Adminstration, and Employee and Manager Self Services.

* Object-oriented data management
* Organizational units, jobs, and positions
* Reporting and evaluation paths
* User interfaces
* Object manager maintenance and customization
* Integration with SAP ERP HCM and SAP Business Workflow

Sylvia Chaudoir has been in the SAP HR field for over 13 years and has expertise in several SAP HCM functional areas, including SAP HR Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Benefits, Time Management, and US Payroll. She was one of the first dozen consultants to have worked implementing the SAP HCM solution in the US, so she has been doing SAP HR consulting work for about as long as the R/3 HCM product has been in existence, and has worked on over 30 US and global HCM implementations. She was the also the project/product manager and primary content author of Accelerated HR, which is currently branded SAP Best Practices for HCM. She s been a trainer of SAP HR courses and also presented at SAP HR 2004 and 2005 conferences on Organizational Management and other topics. She knows virtually every detail of the OM component in SAP, from configuration and data maintenance, to customization of the user interfaces and data structures that support it.