Critical Evaluation of the HR Strategies and How They Are Influenced By Information Systems at Omantel and Nawras

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The Human Resources (HR) department of a company is accountable for recruiting the right pool of candidates for the firm that specifically can be put into work to achieve organizational objectives. Information Technology (IT), in this digital age, has helped the Human Resources Management (HRM) to transform its functionality. The traditional role of the HR department was to work in the domain of administration.

The transformational role of HR department, in the digital age, is to add life to the HR functionality through the addition of strategic vision. The introduction of Information Technology in the department would help in improving the performance the department as whole. The advancements made in the digital age have transformed nearly every department as there has been an evident change in the nature of work. Due to the involvement of Informational Technology in every aspect of HR department, it has become necessary for the HR department to make changes in the strategies that are derived internally. The HR department has to induce workplace sanity by introducing new policies to make the workforce efficient.

The changes in the nature of the work in every department have forced the HR department to recruit people that can work smarter not harder. The extensive changes in the HR department's decision making process can be witnessed because of the fact that most of the companies have transformed their compensation system, handled by HR department, into a digital one. Even the training provided by the HR department is made available to the workers in the form of online lectures. In the recent years, HR department in Oman has gone through substantial changes because of going digital. This project will examine the impact of Information Technology on HR strategies in two of the companies, i.e. Nawras and Omantel. These two companies belong to the telecommunication industry of Oman. The study will also examine the impact of Information Technology on key functions of HR i.e. Training, Compensation and Recruitment. The research will be comprised of a theoretical review of the subject. The primary data will be secured by interviewing and surveying HR professionals from both the organizations. The secondary data will be acquired from articles that are available over the subject. The data will be used to get proper assistance for the subject in order to reach a particular ...