Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 12th Edition DeCenzo Solutions Manual

Human Resource Information Systems:

Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) is used to accumulate, store, and examine data in regards to an association’s Human Resource. HRIS frameworks can be custom-made to the necessities of any size business yet are thought important for associations with more than 200 representatives and can be conveyed in an assortment of ways.

Case Summary

Company G was well established and working in the food industry for the past 40 years, currently holding 20 small supermarkets. The management process was going well by maintaining a required adequate balance between full-time and part-time workers. Individual C started his internship in this company and got to know many HR-related things and analyzed the fact that the company is still lacking in the HR department since this is the only department using old techniques.

Individual C’s boring internship started to take interesting turns when he gets to know that a change is going to occur in the process of requesting and recording time off. Since earlier, when Individual C asked about this, his HR director denied using online scheduling software, stating the reason that older managers may find difficulty while adapting this change.

The reason behind initiating a change was due to the following of old manual techniques of data recording. An error of manager came into light which was for falsifying timesheet for 5 long years. This error was recognized as a fraud, and the manager was fired from the job straight away. To this incident, individual J displayed shock to his HR director but internally, he was cursing HR’s inability to change with time and adaption of new methods.

Analysis

HIRS is said to be efficient since it automates the duty and working of many HR tasks. The process of HR task automation includes duties like maintaining payroll benefits, employee’s handbook, tracking of application, training process, screening process, and so on. Usage of HIRM is also proved to be cost-effective as well as possesses the ability to cater to needs globally.

Especially according to the given case, HIRS software will be used to ease the process of recording time, request related to time off, and payroll functions. Further, the timesheet falsification should be prevented via HIRS since the software removes human errors and sometimes removes unnecessary individual positions.

After analyzing the issue, it can be concluded that using HIRM software reduces chances of human error, saves cost by removing position, and provides reliable results.