Oracle HCM Communicate: Employee Communication Made Easy

Aug 31, 2023
Oracle | 5 min READ
    
Effective communication is critical in ensuring transparency, alignment, and employee engagement in the evolving and interconnected business landscape. As organizations seek efficient communication options for bulk email distribution, survey conductance, and targeted announcements to specific departments, grades, or locations, the conventional approaches of report bursting, journey or checklist configuration, and questionnaires require extensive technical expertise and implementation time.
Oracle HCM Communicate emerges as a cutting-edge solution engineered to streamline and simplify communication processes within the workforce. Oracle HCM Communicate in the Oracle Fusion HCM facilitates effective employee communication practices, ensuring the delivery of concise, timely, and impactful interactions at all organizational levels. It enables users to create, manage, and deliver personalized and targeted messages through reusable templates, ensuring customization and dynamic content for maximum impact.
Manoj Verma
Manoj Verma

Practice Director -

Oracle,

Birlasoft

Roopesh Madan
Roopesh Madan

Principal Consultant -

Oracle,

Birlasoft

 
Simplifying Communication Challenges with Oracle HCM Communicate
From targeted announcements and personalized messages to real-time updates and feedback loops, Oracle HCM Communicate revolutionizes how organizations communicate. The standout features of Oracle HCM Communicate include:
Flexible Communication Templates
HCM Communicate provides a rich email editor enabling communication teams to create engaging emails quickly. Campaign administrators can design reusable templates with customizable and dynamic content. The platform also includes images, external links, and buttons, offering greater flexibility in delivering messages. For example, an announcement for an office event can consist of a registration button linked to an external form.
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Pre-loaded Templates for Enterprise-wide Initiatives
HCM Communicate offers pre-loaded templates for various enterprise-wide initiatives to simplify the workforce communication process. These templates come with different themes, headings, subheadings, and formats, allowing users to select or customize them according to their requirements. This feature eliminates the need to create templates from scratch, saving time and effort.
Real-time Employee Engagement Metrics
HCM Communicate provides a dashboard that offers real-time insights into employee engagement. Users can access breakdowns of the recipient population based on geography, business functions, and statistics on who has read and responded to messages. This feature is particularly useful when employees are spread across multiple locations, allowing organizations to gauge the impact of their communications before sending them.
Flexibility to Predefine Audience Criteria
With HCM Communicate, organizations can define eligibility criteria to segregate recipient populations and deliver targeted messages. Users can specify criteria such as gender, person type, postal code ranges, marital status, assignment status, assignment category, grade, job, position, and more. This flexibility ensures that relevant messages reach specific groups within the organization.
Extensive Reusability
HCM Communicate is designed with reusability in mind. Users can create sender profiles, upload and reuse images, and define predefined links, email templates, and communication teams. This "Do Once – Use Many Times" approach enables efficient communication management and ensures campaign consistency. Additionally, users can store JPEG, PNG, or GIF files in the media library for easy reuse.
Integration with HCM Journeys
HCM Communicate seamlessly integrates with HCM Journeys, enabling organizations to promote new journeys or drive completion through awareness campaigns. This integration enhances the employee experience by encouraging participation and engagement.
Capturing Employee Feedback
Beyond one-way communication, HCM Communicate allows organizations to set up campaigns to gather employee responses. This feature makes it ideal for conducting surveys or understanding employee perspectives, enabling data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
Use Cases for Oracle HCM Communicate
Whether cascading critical announcements across multiple departments, conducting targeted surveys to gather valuable feedback, or delivering personalized messages to specific employee groups, Oracle HCM Communicate meets diverse communication needs. Some of the versatile and practical applications of this powerful communication solution include:
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Company-wide Announcements: HR managers and company leaders can leverage HCM Communicate to simultaneously send essential updates or announcements to the entire organization, fostering transparency and alignment.
Employee Onboarding: During the onboarding process, HCM Communicate facilitates personalized welcome messages sharing of training materials, policies, and documents, helping new hires feel connected and informed from day one.
Performance Feedback: Managers can utilize HCM Communicate to provide timely feedback, share performance evaluations, and engage in constructive conversations with their team members, fostering professional development.
Employee Recognition: Oracle HCM Communicate enables HR managers and leaders to celebrate employees’ achievements. It allows public acknowledgement and recognition of outstanding performance, creating a culture of appreciation and motivation, or sending targeted messages of appreciation and recognition to specific departments, ensuring a personalized and impactful recognition experience.
Company Surveys and Polls: Organizations can leverage HCM Communicate to conduct surveys and polls, gather valuable employee feedback, and identify areas for improvement.
Send Upcoming Fire Drill Communication: Oracle HCM Communicate facilitates the distribution of critical information and their schedule like scheduled fire drills. This includes specifying the date, time, assembly points, evacuation procedures, and safety precautions etc.
Send Upcoming CSR Volunteer Activity: Oracle HCM Communicate enables HR departments to promote activities like upcoming CSR initiatives and volunteer opportunities. This includes sharing event details, objectives, volunteer roles, and registration information.
Promote Journey Communication: Promoting journey awareness and driving completion using Oracle HCM Communicate involves targeted communication to inform employees about learning paths, providing progress updates, and highlighting benefits. Additionally, the platform aids in sending reminders, offering support resources, and acknowledging achievements, thus motivating employees to successfully complete their journeys.
Conduct Employee Survey: Oracle HCM Communicate provides the tools to develop, distribute, and analyze employee surveys. HR professionals can craft surveys addressing topics such as job satisfaction, work-life balance, and organizational communication. By leveraging the platform's capabilities, organizations gain actionable insights to enhance employee experiences, make informed decisions, and implement targeted improvements.
Conclusion
Oracle HCM Communicate revolutionizes how businesses communicate and collaborate by offering a centralized platform for personalized messaging, engagement, and collaboration. Embracing the Birlasoft experience with Oracle HCM Communicate ensures expert guidance and a proven approach to implementation backed by a track record of 50+ successful projects. Birlasoft's rich repository of communication campaigns and predefined templates for common use cases further enhance the solution’s value.
From conducting employee surveys to promoting journey communication and recognizing employee achievements, Birlasoft's expertise empowers organizations to fully leverage the solution's capabilities, enabling the workforce to thrive and reach its full potential in the dynamic business landscape. To learn more, visit here.
 
 
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