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The role of HR is becoming pivotal in the 21st century. As organizations face stiff market and other external pulls and pushes, the HR becomes vital source for managing future challenges. A strategic HRIS provides important information about human resources needs and capabilities; this information assists the management team in establishing the organizational mission and setting goals and objectives in motion. Considering this framework, this paper aims to study the use of HRIS in improving HR operations. Particularly, it focuses on the need of HRIS in the performance of HRM functions at the lowest possible cost and also at a fast rate, which pose increased challenges for HR professionals. Organizations have started to automate these functions by introducing HRIS technology.
Keywords: Strategic HR Planning, Information Systems, HRIS Applications
Information Systems for Human Resources Management
Information is an essential tool for managers in the retention, recruitment, utilization and evaluation of human resources in organizations. Since they support the goals and objectives of the organization, information systems play an important role in planning and management of human resources. These systems will serve as an important personnel administration operational programs, including employee record keeping, budget control, compensation, benefits management, and government reporting. A human resources information system (HRIS) is the integration of software, hardware, support functions and system policies and procedures into an automated process designed to support the strategic and operational activities of the human resources department and managers throughout the organization.
An HRIS database maintains an inventory of people, job skills, and positions and its system draws on these inventories for transaction processing, reporting, and tracking. The HRIS provides a foundation for a set of analytical tools that assist managers in establishing objectives and in evaluation the performance of the organization's human resources programs. The well designed HRIS will serve as the main management tool for aligning human resources department goal with long term planning goals.
Development of HRIS
HRISs are systems used to collect, record, and store, analyze, and retrieve data concerning an organization.s human resources. The collection of information on aspects of work life as diverse as salary and payroll, compensation, leave, accidents, superannuating and employee benefits has always been part of the human resource manager.s function.
In the early development...