Low Cost Organisation Charting and Analysis
New this year is HRCharter Desktop Edition, a low cost version of the leading organisation
charting and HR planning system, HRCharter. Previously available for enterprise-wide
deployment in a client/server or web environment, the new desktop version of the software
brings much of the richness of HRCharter's high-end functionality to companies or
departments with less than 500 employees - and costs less than $A1000.
HRCharter Desktop Edition takes a data-driven approach, making it easier than ever before
to create and maintain information-rich organisation charts, by automatically generating
fully formatted charts from its own database of employee information. The database, which
contains 23 predefined and 6 custom fields, can be created from scratch or populated by
importing txt or csv files from, for example, an HR system. When employee information
changes, the database simply needs to be updated and HRCharter reformats the charts to
best advantage for viewing or printing as a wall map or indexed book chart. Charts can
also be incorporated into other documents or saved as images for publishing on an
intranet.
Another advantage of the data-driven approach is the ease with which users can look at
different information in the chart. Chart boxes can incorporate any of the information
held in the database (salary, age, length of service etc.) and conditional mapping and
colour coding features add meaning to data, graphically showing key issues such as age or
gender distribution. HRCharter Desktop Edition is shipped with a library of chart box
styles and a powerful box editor, which allows users to create their own box styles by
choosing the information they want to see and how it should be displayed (box shapes,
effects, colours, fonts etc).
More than just an organisation charting system, HRCharter Desktop Edition is also a
powerful aid to HR planning, enabling HR staff to create "what-if" scenarios by dragging
and dropping employees to different locations, in order to better understand and
communicate the implications of organisation change.
HRCharter Professional and HRCharter Enterprise Edition
For companies with more than 500 employees, The Optimise Group offers HRCharter Professional Edition for client/server deployment and
HRCharter Enterprise Edition for intranet deployment. Both
systems can be integrated with an existing HR information system or deployed with their
own employee databases.
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