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Importance of E-HRM

Digitalization is not a new topic. All Organizations are driving to digitalization. Even HR department also able to run with digital platforms. Nowadays there are several E-HRM platforms are working successfully. Below mention few E-HRM (HRIS) platforms as example.
  • Oracle (Anon., 2022)
  • Infor Cloud suite (Anon., 2022)
  • People Strategy (Anon., 2022)
  • People (Anon., 2022)
  • UltiPro (Anon., 2022)

HRM has to directly deal with people. Therefore, there won’t be any tolerance for their work. Any transaction must be transparent and clear. Then it is important drive with E-platform. Further, all organizations are unable to get full access for E-platform. Based on the organization scale, deciding to run only few but essential criteria under E-platform. Likewise, attendance (in & out time), Training & Development.

What is HRIS

HRIS is Human resource Integrated system. This is the system where gathered all information regarding to the organization HRM. Earlier these were gathered in traditional method like papers. Nowadays, information is uploading to internet base platform. HRIS is designed to support planning, administrating, decision making and controlling that referring information (Bondarouk & Ruel, 2009).

HRIS Types (Sachs, 2022)

Advantages of HRIS

  • Need to update only one place regarding employee information. If there isn’t any system, need to go through each an individual employee profile. This is time wasting (Bruce, 2014).
  • Performance appraisal also able to conduct via HRIS. Employee able to go-through anywhere and able to clarify well advance (Bruce, 2014).
  • Accuracy is especially key factor when dealing with people. All transactions are directly affected to income. E-platform will help gather details accurately and able to generate system reports as well (Bruce, 2014).
  • Time saving for both HR and employee. Employee is able to do his/ her requirement via HRIS and HR person can review it same (Bruce, 2014). Examples: Leave request, attendance.
  • No need to follow up HR related events manually. System will send reminders before the deadline to relevant employees (Bruce, 2014). Example: Performance appraisal
  • Organization related documents such as, SOPs, safety guide are able to upload to HRIS system where employee can access easily (Bruce, 2014).

Disadvantages of HRIS

  • HR information is very confidential. All information is saved in one location. If cyber attacked happened, all details can access. Further, username and password are the factors that separating information from employee to employee. Therefore, it is not allowed to share username and password with others (Bruce, 2014).
  • There is cost involvement when setting up a HRIS. Then it is not affordable for small scale organizations. Further, need to hire additional staff with IT background as HRIS supportive team for system troubleshoot (Bruce, 2014).
  • Unable provide full access to employees who do not have a laptop or desktop. 

References

Anon., 2022. SelectHub. [Online] 
Available at: https://www.selecthub.com/hr-management-software/
[Accessed 01 May 2022].

Bondarouk, T. & Ruel, H., 2009. Electronic Human Resource Management: challenges in the digital era. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, March, 20(3), p. 2.

Bruce, S., 2014. HR Daily Advisor. [Online] 
Available at: https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2014/01/22/hris-advantages-and-disadvantages/
[Accessed 01 May 2022].

Sachs, T., 2022. bob. [Online] 
Available at: https://www.hibob.com/blog/types-of-hris-systems/
[Accessed 01 May 2022].






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  1. Lakshitha MBA 2022 FEB2 May 2022 at 09:28

    HRM has to interact with people on a daily basis. As a result, their efforts will not be tolerated. Any transaction must be open and transparent. Best Regards

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  2. Darshana Undugodage7 May 2022 at 09:11

    Article explained the important of technological approach to the human resource management. Technology can be used to speed up the HR decision making process in the organization. Well done.

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