{"id":559,"date":"2020-11-04T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sage-people-scraping.local\/?post_type=sage_glossary&#038;p=559"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:34:09","slug":"what-is-digitalization-in-hr","status":"publish","type":"sage_glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-digitalization-in-hr\/","title":{"rendered":"What is digitalisation in HR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Glossary definition<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is digitalisation in HR?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"What is digitalisation in HR?\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-digitalization-in-hr\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>Digitalisation in HR means transforming traditional HR processes using the latest technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital HR uses cloud and software as a service (SaaS) to automate HR processes and workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cloud is revolutionising HR, streamlining HR processes and allowing HR and People teams to focus on people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organisations buy cloud and SaaS technology on a rolling subscription basis. This digitalised approach means they avoid a fixed investment in on-premise infrastructure \u2013 the cost is spread over time and is relative to business growth and demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digitalised HR also brings sophisticated, data-based decision-making power to organisations, because all their People data is stored in one place for analysis and reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a purpose-built, modern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-hrms-human-resources-management-system\/\">HRMS<\/a>, delivered as SaaS, organisations can apply powerful analytics using cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For HR and People teams, regular management reporting and real-time queries help to measure performance, predict trends and tackle challenges and issues before they arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digitalisation in HR means companies can take a strategic approach to workforce planning and designing great employee experiences, so they can lead in their sectors by employing and retaining the best people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digitalisation in HR means transforming traditional HR processes using the latest technology. Digital HR uses cloud and software as a service (SaaS) to automate HR processes and workflows. Cloud is revolutionising HR, streamlining HR processes and allowing HR and People teams to focus on people. 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