Future of HR: implications for Russia

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1 January 2014 Future of HR: implications for Russia How are global trends changing HR in Russia and CIS countries?

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3 Document Overview Introduction Future of HR 4 Methodology and survey participants 5 Key survey findings 6 Change drivers for Russian HR 7 Three major HR challenges 12 Future HR skills and knowledge 17 Appendix. Five global trends: implications for Russia 22 Contacts 30 3

4 Introduction In 2013, published the research findings from several global scale surveys (the 16th Annual Global CEO Survey, Talent Mobility 2020 and Beyond, etc.) that highlighted HR challenges on the agendas of top CEOs. The Russian economy is also strongly affected by these challenges. With megatrends affecting our business, new conditions have emerged in areas such as demographics, information technologies, population concentration in megalopolises and climate change, which all have started to reshape HR in Russia. The purpose of this study is to understand the local impact of environmental pressures on HR. Guided by the belief that major changes will appear following the theory of five megatrends, we have defined the six change drivers that are already forming specific conditions for Russian HR professionals and are dramatically affecting their work. Thus, we were eager to uncover the reasons behind two research questions: To what extent global trends will impact HR management in Russia? How will Russian HR change in the near future? 4

5 Methodology and survey participants Survey timeframe: September through November 2013 Method: quantitative Target group: HR professionals, firmly established companies operating in Russia Specifically: % Companies operating in most Russian regions HR directors and professionals, providing a view of both local and foreign companies 65% Companies that are growing in terms of total turnover by more than 5% (in comparison to last year) 52% By origin: Local companies Multinational companies 48% By industry: 21% Industrial production 11% 10% Oil&Gas, Utility&Mining Financial services 10% FMCG&Retail Other industries By size: 54% Less then 2,500 employees 24% 2,500 10,000 employees 13% 10,000 50,000 employees 9% More than 10,000 employees 5

6 Key survey findings Our approach This study is based on the concept of the five megatrends (see Appendix) that companies face globally. These trends have shaped the drivers that are expected to have crucial impact on HR s role and functions in the future. We applied this theory to the specifics of Russia and surveyed 150 HR professionals working in Russian and multinational companies in order to verify the validly of this theory and understand how HR will generally change in Russia in the future. Key drivers Demographic shifts Social media Digital technology Global mobility Social responsibility The generation gap Top HR challenges HR professionals cited leadership development, employee engagement and productivity as top challenges. Impact of change drivers on HR The most crucial set of skills for HR All respondents believe that change drivers will have a greater impact on HR processes, while having less of an influence on the knowledge and skills essential for HR professionals or the organisation of the HR service's operations or the general role of HR. Interestingly, multinational and domestic companies in Russia differ in their estimates of the drivers' impact on HR functions and concur only when evaluating demographical challenges and social responsibility. For instance, 58% of multinationals noted the impact of social media on the HR service's operations material compared to 35% of the Russian respondents. Change management will be a priority HR skill. Organisational learning, transfer of knowledge and employee development will be also important. Employee involvement in implementing change Most of the respondents admit that they are now attentively studying the societal and environmental impacts on HR and are tying to help their companies implement changes for the future. 6

7 Change drivers for Russian HR 7

8 Drivers shaped by global trends have an impact on HR in Russia Based on the Global Annual Survey*, we asked respondents to assess the impact of these drivers on both our future and the future of our clients over the next ten years. The respondents assessed the impact of these drivers on HR services as follows: Shift in global economic power Demographic shifts Demographic challenges 22% Social media Corporate responsibility 16% 18% Accelerated urbanisation Global mobility 9% Climate change and resource scarcity Digital technology 19% (*) Global Annual Review 2013: Building trust in a time of change The drivers are closely interwoven and whenever one of them changes, it prompts changes in all the others. The generation gap 16% Technological breakthroughs 8

9 Theses drivers impact HR in all the companies, no matter what their size or industry or turnover may be. The respondents believe that the change drivers identified will have a greater impact on HR processes, while having less of an impact on the knowledge and skills essential for HR professionals, HR service structure or HR s general role. Impact of change drivers on certain HR issues 36% Impact on HR processes 23% Impact on HR knowledge and skills 22% Impact on the functional organisation of HR 19% Impact on HR s role 9

10 Russian and multinational companies have varying assessments of the drivers impacting of HR services Demographic shifts Impact Social media Multinational companies 69% Corporate responsibility Digital technology The generation gap 58% 56% 52% 46% Demographic shifts Digital technology Impact Corporate The responsibility generation gap Russian companies 60% 58% 44% 44% Social media 35% Demographic shifts. Although there are differences between multinational and local companies, all companies admit that the decline in the share of working population in their prime years between will have a crucial impact on the work of HR professionals. 10

11 56% Digital technology will materially change HR approaches. 68% Extensive use of digital technology will transform key HR processes. values. Here, HR s objective is to ensure effective work cooperation among various groups of employees, which may call for adjustments in HR systems themselves. Rising expectations for corporate social responsibility Social responsibility as an integral part of business will drive Digital technology transforms the key HR processes. Such processes encompass HR administration, recruitment, performance management, learning and development, bonus and benefit management, etc. Impact of generational differences on competencies Managing workforce diversity, particularly generational differences, will be a new key area where additional knowledge and skills will be required. HR departments will manage certain categories of the personnel with various working methods, preferences and even These recent changes demand that HR professionals not only understand their customers and their values but also treat employees as clients by building policies and practices that will support the delivery of brand promises, both internally and externally. 44% 36% Digital technology Furthermore, societal expectations will also have a strong impact on the methods multinationals employ for organising their HR functions. Social responsibility is changing HR s role. The generation gap is the key driver that will change competences. the changes in HR s role and the way it is organised. This is particularly the view held by multinational companies operating in Russia. Most of the respondents indicated that the society s expectations about how products are manufactured, what they stand for, the way they serve to customers and labour standards that they follow are more and more changing the role of HR professionals in the CIS. 11

12 Three major HR challenges Future of HR (*) The data reflects the opinions of study participants December

13 Leadership development Employee engagement Productivity Future of HR 13

14 Leadership development Building leadership capabilities is a major challenge for 55% of companies operating in the CIS. Although management is gradually gaining a better understanding of the importance of leadership development and effective HR investments, these are still challenges for both Russian and multinational companies. Compared to 51% of local companies admitting such challenges, 58% of multinationals operating in Russia and CIS countries acknowledged the same. Table 1. Leadership development challenges by industries Pharmaceuticals healthcare Pharma and and Healthcare 100% Technology andtelecom telecom Technology and 69% FMCG and retail FMCG & retail 67% Oil Oiland andgass gas 57% Industrial production Production Industrial 47% Financial services services Financial 45% Professional services services Professional 33% Not % Notatatallall% Partly %% Partlychallenging challenging Highly challenging % Highly challenging % 14

15 Employee engagement 50% of HR professionals consider achieving a high rate of employee retainment to be extremely difficult. In this regard, multinational companies experience slightly less challenges than domestic companies. This can be explained by their long-standing HR practices with respect to employee involvement and engagement. Furthermore, western multinationals usually enter a market with a relatively high brand awareness and good image as an attractive employer, which may positively influence employee engagement at its early stage. Table 2. Employee engagement challenges by industries Technology andtelecom telecom Technology and 77% Industrial production Industrial Production 71% Pharma andhealthcare healthcare Pharma and 57% FMCG and retail FMCG & retail 53% Financial services Financial services 45% Professional Services Professional services 33% Oil Oiland andgass gas 29% Not % Notatatall all% Partly challenging % Highly Highly challenging % 15

16 Productivity For 47% of HR professionals, supporting line managers in order to improve employee productivity is still a top HR challenge. The growth of competition, on one hand, and slowdown in economic growth, on the other, has highlighted the importance of costs and business restructuring. Table 3. Employee productivity challenges by industries FMCG & retail FMCG and retail 60% Financial Financialservices services 50% Industrialproduction Production Industrial 47% Technology Technologyand andtelecoms Telecom 46% Professional Services Professional services 42% Pharmaand and healthcare Healthcare Pharma 14% Oiland and gas Oil gass % Not at all all% 14% Partly challenging Partly challenging % % Highly Highly challenging challenging % % 16

17 Future HR skills and knowledge 17

18 The importance of developing certain HR skills We asked all respondents to name the future skills most important for the future of HR, as well as areas for improvement. The opinions were split as follows: 69% 89% Managing change 59% 84% Organisational learning/ knowledge transfer 59% 85% Employee development 56% 84% Performance management and reward 55% Restructuring business/ Organisational design 36% Planning staff headcounts 30% 76% 77% 67% Recruitment Prior importance Needs improvements 18

19 Drawing on the above responses, we can name the skills that will undoubtedly be in high demand for future HR functions: 1 Managing change HR professionals indicated that the current turbulent environment demands quick and wide-ranging managerial changes from them every day. This is even more important for local companies and this illuminates a growing trend for greater business restructuring. The need to improve the skills is just as high for local companies as it is for multinationals. 19

20 2 Organisational learning and knowledge transfer/ Employee development There is a greater demand on HR to help organisations create systems that can ensure the transformation of tacit knowledge into explicit understanding. This will help organisations to retain knowledge regardless of employee turnover. In order to share and transfer knowledge throughout operations and between employees, Russian HR should not only use IT systems, it will also need to built supportive organisational cultures, as well as encourage organisations to cultivate their own capabilities. Managing employee development will become equally important for HR as it is significant for line managers. HR will also need to support managers in improving these skills. 20

21 HR professionals' engagement in implementing change HR professionals in Russia are developing cases for change while also raising awareness about the current environmental and the social impact on HR. 20% 34.5% Not Involved Building awareness 18% 22% Multinational companies Russian companies 30% Participate in actions driven by others 31% Multinational companies 28% Russian companies 34% 36% Multinational companies Russian companies 15.5% Initiate and drive actions 17% Multinational companies 14% Russian companies One fifth of the HR professionals are not involved in initiatives that address changes. 21

22 Appendix. Five global trends: implications for Russia 22

23 1 2 Shifts in global economic power Demographic shifts 3 4 Accelerated urbanisation Climate change and resource scarcity 5 Future of HR Technological breakthroughs 23

24 Demographic shifts 1 Explosive population growth in some areas of the globe against declines in others parts has been contributing to everything from shifts in economic power to resource scarcity to the changes in societal norms. This trend is not only global, it is also visible in Russia. Over the last 13 years, the Russian population declined by 2%. The country s population is expected to fall from 143mn in 2010 to 132mn in 2030, which would mean a population decline of 8%. Annual growth rate * 1% Population growth for average working age until 2030 (% per annum) Growth rate % 18% of the population of the Russian Federation in 2030 who will be older than 65 years An ageing population restricts Russia s ability to increase its share of world GDP over the long-term as is the case with other large emerging economies. Even factoring in the rise of the immigrant population, Russia s population will still fall by 21mn. 143mn mn mn 140mn 132mn 2030 The population will decline below the 1975 level by This will create a huge talent gap in the country s future economy. * Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). The estimated Russian population size by

25 Shifts in global economic power 2 The focus of global growth has shifted towards emerging markets and Russia. By 2050, Russia will rank as the sixth largest economy by GDP. Emerging markets will host the majority of corporate headquarters with some of them in Russia, which will change the business models of many companies. GDP of G7 and E7 countries in USD PPP USD 29tr GDP G7 USD 20.9tr GDP E USD 69.3tr GDP G (USA, Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy, Canada) USD 138.2tr GDP E7 (China, India, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, Mexico, Turkey) Competition will increase and be generated by multinationals coming from emerging markets, including from those of Russian origin. They will also become international players, which, in turn, will have many implications for HR. Source: Global Annual Review 2013: Building trust in a time of change 25

26 Accelerated urbanisation: Moscow and other large cities 3 Rapid urbanisation and concentration of people in the cities will increase and, by 2030, the proportion of people living in cities will have surged from the current 30% towards 60%. The UN estimates that, by 2025, Moscow will be amongst 37 megacities1, ranking 27th. Percentage of population in urban areas, 2030 Moscow will see a minor rise in its population by late 2025, up to 12.2mn people. The population in the Moscow Region will also increase. This population will have grown by approximately 600,0002 by late mn 11.9mn and over <20 Not estimated 2014 The Russian population in urban areas will have risen by 2% by late 2025 (up to 76,3%) United Nations Organisation. World Urbanization Prospects The 2011 Revision. 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

27 Climate change and resource scarcity 4 Scarcity of resources and the impact of climate change are of growing economic concern. Demand for energy is forecast to increase by as much as 50% by 2030 while water withdrawal will likely go up by 40%. The need for sustainable solutions may well be at odds with the demand for resources to fuel growth and feed populations. Time-honoured traditions will be challenged by changes to the physical environment. Although Russia will not be amongst these countries, it will still impact on doing business in the country. Climate change and resource scarcity trigger change in business models, as well as the behaviours and values of both customers and employees. As a result, this will have a very major impact on corporate social responsibility. The Food/Water/Energy Nexus It takes 1,200 l of water to produce 1 kg of grain Water 7% of global energy consumption is used for delivering water Food Energy 1-2% of cropland is needed to produce biofuels With a population of 8.3 bn people by 2030, we ll need... 50% more energy 40% more water 35% more food Source: OECD; Dan Hammer, Center for Global Development 27

28 Technological breakthroughs 57% of Russian on-line shoppers use social media every day, which is above the global average. This is a significant target group with higher disposable The combination of the Internet, mobile devices, data analysis and cloud computing will continue to transform Russia. Many companies in all sectors are grappling with how these developments will affect consumer expectations, as well as how to interact with their customers and the underlying business models that support this. Technological breakthroughs and digitalisation of the world will also change workplaces and enable new forms of work. For instance, we already see remote working and virtual teams, more flexpatriates and changes in working practices. Access to systems and information should help management models to flatten out their organisational structures. Furthermore, new competitors will emerge as technology and innovation create new competitive advantages and increase productivity across sectors and geographies. income mn > 52% The number of Internet users in Russia1 1 Global multichannel survey 2012 Survey Summary and Business Implications, April People use the Internet at least once a month 49 % People use the Internet on weekly basis 28

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