{"id":624,"date":"2019-08-05T16:52:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=624"},"modified":"2024-04-24T23:22:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:22:29","slug":"introduction-to-people-analytics","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/chapter\/introduction-to-people-analytics\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to People Analytics","rendered":"Introduction to People Analytics"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do:\u00a0Explain the concept of people analytics<\/h2>\r\nPeople analytics is a practice that has been an \u201cemerging trend\u201d for over a decade. Indeed, research and advisory firm Garter still categorizes analytics as an emerging technology, estimating time to mainstream adoption (as of October 2018) at 2\u20135 years.[footnote]George, Sharon. \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/smarterwithgartner\/6-trends-in-the-gartner-hype-cycle-for-human-capital-management-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6 Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Human Capital Management, 2018<\/a>.\" Gartner. October 30, 2018. Accessed August 06, 2019.[\/footnote] However, practice thought leaders are declaring that \u201cthe people data revolution, predicted for years, has finally arrived.\u201d In this section, we\u2019ll get beyond the hype, defining people analytics and discussing adoption trends and implications for HR.","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do:\u00a0Explain the concept of people analytics<\/h2>\n<p>People analytics is a practice that has been an \u201cemerging trend\u201d for over a decade. Indeed, research and advisory firm Garter still categorizes analytics as an emerging technology, estimating time to mainstream adoption (as of October 2018) at 2\u20135 years.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"George, Sharon. &quot;6 Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Human Capital Management, 2018.&quot; Gartner. October 30, 2018. Accessed August 06, 2019.\" id=\"return-footnote-624-1\" href=\"#footnote-624-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> However, practice thought leaders are declaring that \u201cthe people data revolution, predicted for years, has finally arrived.\u201d In this section, we\u2019ll get beyond the hype, defining people analytics and discussing adoption trends and implications for HR.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-624\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to People Analytics. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Nina Burokas. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section><hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-624-1\">George, Sharon. \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/smarterwithgartner\/6-trends-in-the-gartner-hype-cycle-for-human-capital-management-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6 Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Human Capital Management, 2018<\/a>.\" Gartner. 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