EFFECTIVENESS OF HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; A STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO GREAVES COTTON LIMITED

Abstract

A key issue in the management of information system in the 1980s is the growing sophistication of specialized information systems within the traditional functional areas of the organization. The human resource information systems (HRIS) is one such system which in recent years has become critical to the operation of the personnel departments of the companies. Information systems in personnel have evolved from the automated employee record keeping in the 1960s into complex reporting and decision systems today. The HRIS is designed to support the planning, administration, decision-making and control of human resources management. The purpose of the article is to present the status of HRIS, to trace its development as an entity independent of the centralized MIS, to assess its current operation and technological base and to project its future role in the firm, especially its relationship to human resource department.