However, human resources information systems ( HRIS) is more than a simple
aggregation mechanism for inventory control and accounting ; it is the foundation
for a set of management tools enabling managers to establish objectives for the
use of their organization's human resources and to measure the extent to which
those objectives have been achieved. As managers come to recognize both the
essentiality and feasibility of sophisticated management information systems for
monitoring human resources, more and more computerized personnel
management information systems such as HRIS will be installed (Orlando and
Johnson, 2004).