Perception of Professionals towards Effectiveness of Human Resource Information System

Organisations are facing stiff market and other external pulls and pushes, thus HR will become vital source for managing future challenges. HRIS is an information system that makes use of computers to monitor, control, and influence the movement of human beings from the time they indicate their intention to join an organisation till the time they separate from it. The purpose of the HRIS is to provide service, in the form of accurate and timely information, to the clients of the system. As there are a variety of potential users of HR information, it may be used for strategic, tactical, and operational decision making (e.g., to plan for needed professionals in a merger); to avoid litigation (e.g., to identify discrimination problems in hiring); to evaluate programmes, policies, or practices (e.g., to evaluate the effectiveness of a training programme); and/or to support daily operations (e.g., to help managers monitor time and attendance of their professionals). However, in order to maximise HRIS success, researchers and practitioners have to know more about its underlying drivers. The study is undertaken looking to the importance of HRIS in the organisations. The paper identifies the factors of HRIS as perceived by professional users. This study is also an attempt to study the impact of designation on identified factors of Human Resource Information System (HRIS). The results of this research will increase researcher's comprehension on difference in factors that influence effectiveness of senior and middle-level professionals.