HR Technology
Rapid technological changes provide:
-Increased sophistication
-Ability to design more useful human resource information systems (HRIS)
HRIS
-An organized approach for obtaining information on which to base HR decisions
-An umbrella for merging the various subsystems
-Mainstay HR responsibilities need an HRIS
Corporate culture as a Major
Internal Environment Factor
-Gives people a sense of how to behave and what they ought to be doing
-Topics related to corporate culture are presented throughout this text
HR’s Changing Role: Questions
-Can some HR tasks be performed more efficiently by line managers or outside vendors?
-Can some HR tasks be centralized or eliminated?
-Can technology perform tasks that were previously done by HR personnel?