Managing Data And Information In Human Resources

Managing Data And Information In Human Resources

Introduction

The management of information is very important in every aspect of the business operations. Particularly, in today's fast pace of competition, the importance of management aspects has been increased. There are various departments in any organization and the efficient and the effective management of such departments provides the organization with the success and competitive advantages among the competitors. The successful contribution of the individual's department depends upon the way the department manages its data and information and the way it transforms the information to other departments.

In an organization, there are various departments that involve human resources, marketing, administration, finance, customer relationship management and the sales department. The human resources department is the major department of any organization. This department has many functions which involve recruiting, hiring, staffing, organizing, controlling, personnel administration, performance management, compensation, benefits, training, knowledge management and many other important function that are related to the human resources management. The basic aim of the human resource department is to organize the people in the organization is great effective manner. The human resource department plays its important role in supporting the organization in achieving and accomplishing its stated and targeted organizational goals. Because of large number of responsibilities, the human resource department has to manage large number of data and information relating to the human resources in an organization. Many human resource management systems have been introduced to support and to facilitate the human resource management processes and procedures. The human resources data and information management systems and the human resources management models are being increasingly used by today's modern organizations to manage their data and information regarding the human resources. The use of human resources technologies has significant and positive impact upon the human resources management processes as such technologies improves the effectiveness of human resources management and assists the management to achieve the business goals of the organizations.

The following section aims at discussing in detail the human resources management and the technologies and strategies that are used in it to manage the data and information regarding the human resources of the organization. In the later section, the human resource management of an organization will also be discussed.

Discussion

In the various processes and functions of human resources management that involves , hiring, staffing, organizing, controlling, personnel administration, performance management, compensation, benefits, training, knowledge management etc, various technologies are used to manage the information. These technologies manage the systems with great effectiveness that has direct impact upon the employees' performances and the success of the overall organization.

Specific human resources technology concept that improves the effectiveness of HRM

With the increase in global competition, the emergence and utilization of technologies also have increased. The organizations are implementing the latest human resources technologies in order to manage their resources in better and effective manner as well as to obtain the specific goals of the organization. Since last decade, the concept of Human Resources Information System (HRIS) has been increased among ...