Context-Independent Conversational Flow

A computer system comprising:

• a hardware processor;
• and
• a human resource management system, in communication with the hardware processor, for performing a human resource operation using a context-independent conversational flow, wherein the human resource management system is configured:
• to identify the context-independent conversational flow for performing an intended human resource operation;
• to call a structured data object according to the context-independent conversational flow, wherein the structured data object implements a set of business rules for performing the intended human resource operation;
• to interpret the structured data object to produce a business rule output;
• to generate an context-independent response from the business rule output, wherein the context-independent response is generated according to the context-independent conversational flow;
• to transform the context-independent response according to an application context to produce a context-specific response;
• and
• to forward the context-specific response to a user device for display within a conversational user interface of an application.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage media;
• and
• program code, stored on the computer readable storage media, for performing a human resource operation using a context-independent conversational flow, the program code comprising:
• program code for identifying the context-independent conversational flow for performing the intended human resource operation;
• program code for calling a structured data object according to the context-independent conversational flow, wherein the structured data object implements a set of business rules for performing the intended human resource operation;
• program code for interpreting the structured data object to produce a business rule output;
• program code for generating an context-independent response from the business rule output, wherein the context-independent response is generated according to the context-independent conversational flow;
• program code for transforming the context-independent response according to an application context to produce a context-specific response;
• and
• program code for forwarding the context-specific response to a user device for display within a conversational user interface of an application.