HR Transformation through Human Resource Information System:Review of Literature

Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) have increasingly transformed the functionality of Human Resource (HR) functions in todays organizations. Using HRIS, HR professionals are now able to perform HR functions and deliver quick and relevant HR services efficiently and effectively which was not feasible in manual information processing and sharing. However, despite the growing need, benefits, and importance of HRIS, not all organizations have been able to use HRIS optimally. This paper tries to unfold this situation through three angles, first, how HRIS has developed over the years at different organisations for managing HR, second, HR functions that are being used through HRIS, and third, the facilitating and inhibiting factors in the optimal use of HRIS, and lastly, the existing challenges in HRIS from the users and management perspective.