Influence of Technology on Human Resource Management

One of the key issues of successful business is human resource management and that process is under great influence of modern information technology. By integrating the use of technology, all information can be made available online simply by pressing a few buttons: the automated work flows would bring up forms, reports and messages while the system provides a quick reference to the past details of an employee. All these aspects cannot be managed adequately even with the best manual/paper based system designed by the most versatile HR staff. It is expected that, Human resources will be managed qualitatively by integrating technology, both for strategic and operational needs. Integrated HR solutions will soon be implemented in most organizations to retain its competitive edge.

This paper illustrates that, Human Resources (HR) and Technology, are a central rather than support functions across industries/organizations. Great user experience for employees has become a smart business initiative.

The foundation for this research adapts literature review method to develop profound understanding of previous researches. This study involves Secondary data.

This research highlights on how technology enabled integrated HR helps in creating a single data base that is shared by all HR processes in an organization. In the absence of which doubled effort is required in maintaining data from multiple sources, with the associated problems of incomplete information in real time leading to faulty/delayed decisions.