Headcount: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Headcount

  • the total number of employees in an organization

Wiktionary Definition for: Headcount

  • A count of how many people are present
  • The number of people present

Additional Resources

SAP to increase headcount to over 6,000 here.
Oct. 21--KOLKATA, India -- Germany's SAP, the E8.5-bn global enterprise software solutions vendor, is expanding headcount at both its Indian operations -- SAP India and SAP Labs. In the next few years, employee headcount at SAP Labs is poised to doub Oct. 21--KOLKATA, India -- Germany's...
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Research articles 2006-10-21
Headcount And Payroll Planning
This template is designed to help finance, human resources, and compensation teams forecast and plan annual headcount and total compensation. The template helps forecast compensation expense based on the predicted number of staff each quarter within each department. It also accounts for key expenses such as fringe benefits and variable...
Tags: Compensation, Headcount, Payroll, Benefits, Human Resources
Tools & templates 1999-03-22
Forecasting "Headcount Fat" in Order to Avoid Large Scale Layoffs
Most HR departments have no forecasting function of any kind. VP's of HR have no way of identifying when there is growth in "headcount fat". And therefore they cannot take the appropriate actions that are necessary to reduce excess employees before there is a need for a massive layoff of...
Tags: Layoff, Headcount, Forecasting, Workforce Management, Sales Force Management, Human Resources, Sales
White papers
INTEL TO TRIPLE INDIA HEADCOUNT, MAY INVEST US$100-200 MLN.
NEW DELHI, Aug 30 Asia Pulse - Intel CEO Craig Barrett yesterday announced that the chip giant would triple its India headcount to about 3000, mostly in the software engineering and hardware design space over the next few years, and ... NEW DELHI, Aug 30...
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Research articles 2002-08-30
ORACLE TO RAISE HEADCOUNT IN INDIA TO 6000.
NEW DELHI, Aug 28 Asia Pulse - Enterprise software giant Oracle on Wenesday announced plans to increase its headcount in India to 6000 in the next 12 months from the existing 3159, and said it is betting on India to become its ... NEW DELHI,...
Tags: Oracle Corp.
Research articles 2003-08-28
Home Depot Case Study
Home Depot is a $45 billion retail company. Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement retailer, with stores in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Home Depot's goal with the Corporate Purchasing Card CPC program was to streamline and automate their purchasing processes, rationalize their spend, and...
Tags: Home Depot Inc., Supplier, Channel Management, Retail, Marketing
Case studies 2004-10-01
BT Global to ramp up its headcount.
Apr. 5--PUNE, India -- British Telecom BT Global Services, the telecommunication services provider, scales up its Indian operations in a big way as it is set to increase its headcount here by 6,000 in the next 18 months. Apr. 5--PUNE, India -- British Telecom...
Tags: British Telecommunications
Research articles 2006-04-05
Accenture to hike headcount in India.
Jan. 30--BANGALORE, India -- Global IT major Accenture is all set to hike its headcount to 35,000 people in India by August this year. In a first of sorts among MNC IT companies, this milestone will mean that the company's Indian operations will over Jan. 30--BANGALORE,...
Tags: Accenture Ltd., headcount
Research articles 2007-01-30
Accenture to hike headcount in India.
Jan. 31--BANGALORE, India -- Global IT major Accenture is all set to hike its headcount to 35,000 people in India by August this year. In a first of sorts among MNC IT companies, this milestone will mean that the company's Indian operations will over Jan. 31--BANGALORE,...
Tags: Accenture Ltd., headcount
Research articles 2007-01-31
Sibson Consulting's 2005 Survey of Sales Growth Trends and Priorities
In the wake of extended cuts in headcount and sales capability, companies are rebuilding to defend market and capture new growth opportunities. With the economy improving, companies are aggressively recruiting and increasing sales headcount, raising quotas and pursuing new coverage strategies. These are the key findings from a 2005 Sibson...
Tags: Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sibson Consulting, Survey
White papers 2005-10-27
Doing More with Less: How Teams Can Help Manage the Commodity Management Process
Doing more with less is an issue that all purchasing departments seem to be wrestling with today. ConsumerPro not its real name is a consumer products company that has a surprisingly low purchasing headcount for the dollars of purchasing expenditure. In the past six years, direct materials purchased by this...
Tags: Management, Team Management, Headcount, Team
White papers 2003-01-01
NEW SP POLICY RESULTS IN HEADCOUNT REDUCTION OF KONGZHONG
AsiaInfo Services 08-03-2006 New SP Policy Results in Headcount Reduction of KongZhong BEIJING, Aug 03, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- KongZhong Corporation Kongzhong, the No.1 wireless value-added service cooperator of the largest Chinese mob AsiaInfo Services 08-03-2006...
Tags: China Mobile Ltd., Headcount, mobile communication, service provider, Sohu.com, wireless
Research articles 2006-08-03
SISL to up headcount in Kolkata.
Aug. 21--KOLKATA, India -- Siemens Information Systems SISL, a 100 percent subsidiary of Siemens, has ambitious headcount expansion plans in Kolkata. Over the next four years, SISL plans to increase staff strength at its city operation to 1,000 fro Aug. 21--KOLKATA, India -- Siemens Information Systems...
Tags: Siemens AG
Research articles 2006-08-21
Accenture arm to double its global headcount.
Sep. 28--PUNE, India -- Accenture Information Management Services AIMS, the Business Intelligence BI arm of Accenture, the technology services and outsourcing company has plans to double its global headcount from 3,000 to 6,000 by the next fiscal Sep. 28--PUNE, India -- Accenture Information Management Services ...
Tags: Accenture Ltd., headcount
Research articles 2006-09-28
Netia Announces Further 10% Headcount Reduction
Business/High Tech Editors
Tags: headcount
Research articles 2001-10-26
META Group Announces Strategic Reorganization, Including 15% Reduction in Headcount
Business Editors
Tags: META Group Inc.
Research articles 2001-04-05
Sapient Accelerates Global Delivery Strategy and Reduces Headcount; Releases Preliminary Results
Business/Technology Editors
Tags: Sapient Corp., strategy
Research articles 2001-07-02
Targeting The Right Customers
Moreover, the aforesaid task can be accomplished without increasing headcount or budget.’ The paper examines how to redesign sales effort to enhance growth.
Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
White papers 2003-01-01
Nortel Announces 4,000 Job Cuts.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Jan. 12--Nortel Networks Corp. said Thursday it's cutting 4,000 positions and plans to keep its global headcount unchanged this year as it dedicates more resources to faster growing technologies. Jan. 12--Nortel Networks Corp. said Thursday it's cutting 4,000 positions and plans to keep its...
Tags: Nortel Networks Corp.
Research articles 2001-01-11
Marvell Builds Regional HQ in Singapore (Electronic News)
Marvell today broke ground on a new building that will become its regional headquarters in Singapore. In the next five years Marvell said it plans to increase headcount in the region by more than 500, with IC designers and test and assembly engineer Marvell today...
Tags: Marvell
Research articles 2006-08-07
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