| The human resource system is a core enterprise | | | | The introduction of HR management system not only |
| application for managing administrative and strategic | | | | reduces administrative burden of HR departments, but |
| processes related to an organization's most critical | | | | also provides easier access to HR data, greater |
| asset, its people. Effective and prompt management | | | | reporting functionality, more consistent and accurate |
| of the 'human capital' is a complex, but imperative | | | | data, higher internal profile, and efficient and |
| activity to all human resource professionals. The | | | | standardized processes. These HR systems enable |
| functions of HR consists of tracking multitudinous data | | | | increasingly sophisticated functionality giving companies |
| on each employee, which includes personal history, | | | | the opportunity to automate routine transactions to line |
| personal data, skills, capabilities, work experience, | | | | managers and to employees themselves. It also lays |
| remuneration records, etc. To reduce the workload of | | | | the foundation for e-HR strategy, which would include |
| HR professionals, organizations automated many of | | | | e-learning and e-recruitment processes. |
| these processes by introducing Human Resource | | | | The process of choosing and implementing a new HR |
| Management Systems. | | | | management system can be a major project both in |
| The client-server HR management systems are mainly | | | | terms of money and time. The HR management |
| developed around four principal areas of HR | | | | should take the lead from the outset to ensure that the |
| functionalities: payroll, time and labor management, | | | | system matches the core needs of the HR |
| administration, and HR management. Popular electronic | | | | department. The level of functionality of the HR |
| HR management solution includes SAP, Oracle, | | | | management system should be determined by the |
| Lawson, PeopleSoft, and Microsoft. A wide range of | | | | naturalistic requirements of a particular organization. |
| companies provide software solutions to various HR | | | | Because of the high capital necessary to install this |
| functions such as attendance software packages, | | | | application software, human resource management |
| payroll processing, etc. HR management system | | | | systems are limited to medium and large organizations. |
| products typically comprise of a series of modules that | | | | In large organizations, the HR executives mostly rely |
| can be integrated to act as a single system covering a | | | | on the internal software professionals to develop and |
| wide range of HR functions. | | | | maintain the HR management systems. |