CHARACTERISTIC OF FUTURE HRIS AND SYSTEM MANAGER

  

CHARACTERISTIC OF

FUTURE HRIS AND SYSTEM MANAGER BSMH 3093 HUMAN RESOURCE

OBJECTIVES

  

Explain the main characteristics

of future HRIS managers Describe HRIS of the future Discuss the requirements of HRIS of the future

Characteristics of future HRIS managers (Pasqualetto, 1993)

• Ability to deal with workers who are not employees of the organization
• Ability to effectively participate in project management
• Ability to understand the different HR functions and requirements at local / domestic level
• Ability to understand the organization’s mission
• Ability to align the aim and objectives of the

  HRIS with those of the organization’s business

Characteristics of future HRIS managers (Walker, 1993)

• Understand the business of the organization
• Adaptable to change
• Independent, individual contributor
• Involvement in strategic planning
• An entrepreneurial approach
• Understand the new meaning of quality
• Cost-conscientious
• Creating teamwork environment
• HR knowledgeable
• Technologically competent
• A builder of relationships
• International focus
• Consulting skill

Characteristics of future HRIS (Cerriello & Freeman, 1993)

• Increase role of microcomputers and executive workstations
• Executive information systems
• System connectivity
• Artificial intelligence and expert system
• Development of computer-based training
• Document image processing
• High resolution graphics and animation
• Voice recognition and speech synthesis

Technologies impacted HRIS

• Web 2.0
• Application service providers (ASP) or software as a service (SAAS)
• Wireless communication
• Voice recognition
• Real-time translation
• Portals and personalization

Web 2.0

• Web 2.0 refers to a second generation of Web- communities and services focusing on creativity, collaboration, and sharing, in contrast to traditional isolated information silos.

• Web 2.0 users not only access information but

  also generate, share, and distribute new content

• Using Web 2.0 will require HR department to pay greater attention to the legal, ethical and security implications of information exchange

  

Examples of Web 2.0

• Social networking (e.g., chat rooms, MySpace,

  Facebook)

• Wikis (publicly available collaborative Web

  dictionaries enabling users to contribute to online documents or discussion)

• Blogs (short for Web logs – online journals or

  diaries hosted on a Web site, both personal and corporate)

• Mash-ups (software composed of two or more

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• Peer-to-peer networking (P2P; sharing files e.g.,

  text, music and videos)

• Web services (Web enabled instant

  communication between users to update information or conduct transactions e.g., a supplier and a retailer updating each other’s inventory systems)

• Personal Web sites

  

Application service provider (ASP)

• Since storing and maintaining programs can be costly, some have elected to outsource one or

  more facets of their IT needs to an application

  service provider (ASP)
• An application service provider (ASP) is a third-

  party organization that manages and distributes software and services on the Web.

• Instead of installing the software on your computer, you run the program from the Internet

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• Traditionally, software is sold. You physically receive a CD and you install it on your hard drive or your office's server. ASPs don't operate this way. They deliver software as a monthly service and use the Internet as the medium.
• Many companies use QuickBooks or Peachtree as their accounting software. So instead of using an application that runs on your own desktop, you could login via the Internet and use a web- based application to perform tasks online -

  5 categories of ASP

  1. Enterprise ASP : customizes and delivers high- end business applications, such as finance and database

  2. Local/regional ASP : offers a variety of software applications to a specific geographic region

  3. Specialist ASP : delivers applications to meet a specific business need such as HR or project management or credit card payment processing

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  4. Vertical market ASP : provides applications for a particular industry such as construction, health care, or retail

  5. Volume business ASP : supplies prepackaged application such as accounting to businesses (e.g., PayPal)

  

Wireless communication

• Wireless gadgets include as smart pagers,

  cellular telephone, PDAs, Tablet PCs, and notebook computers with high-speed Internet access, simplify and expand your communication abilities

• Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) allows

  wireless mobile devices such as smart phones and PDAs to access the Internet and its services such as the Web, email, chat rooms and newsgroup

  

Examples of wireless communication

• Ericsson introduced the first Bluetooth product
• – a headset that communicates with a wireless telephone, thus enabling user to talk hands-free. Wireless headsets can also connect to notebook computers and handheld computers
• Millions of hikers, boaters, pilots, drivers and other navigators never feel lost with the aid of

  

global positioning system (GPS) devices. These

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• Public access points called hot spots , allow wireless networking in public areas. Example, Starbuck Coffee shops offer high-speed wireless internet access in Wireless HotSpot stores
• Compaq iPAQ Blackberry users always

  connected to wireless network and be able to watch email messages

  

Real time translation

• document translation in any language or dialect

  

from across the world quickly and at short notice as

well as language interpretation services for any

language

• Example: CART – communication access realtime

  

translation - is the instant translation of the spoken

word into English text performed by a CART reporter

using a stenotype machine, notebook computer and

realtime software

• The text is then displayed on a computer monitor or

  other display device for deaf students or people with

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Voice recognition

• Voice recognition p or speech recognition is the

  computer’s capability of distinguishing spoken

  words
• Voice recognition program does not understand

  speech, just recognize preprogrammed words.

• A voice recognition program on the computer

  may recognize up to two million words
• The first voice recognition programs were speaker dependent
• Today, most are combination of speaker

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• Speaker-dependent software – the computer makes a profile of your voice, which you have to train the computer to recognize your voice
• Speaker-independent software – a built-in set of word patterns
• Some voice recognition software requires

  discrete speech, which you have to speak slowly

  and separate each word with a short pause
• Most of today’s product allows you to speak in a

  flowing conversational tone, called continuous

Portals and personalization

• A portal is a collection of links, content, and

  services presented on a Web page and designed

  to guide users to information they likely are to

  find interesting for their particular job function

• A portal often include searching capabilities or a link to a search engine, such as Google
• Users typically can customize the portal Web site to meet their needs and this is known as personalization

Push technology

• Push technology or server push describes the style of Internet-based communication where the request for a given transaction is initiated by the publisher or central server
• Push services are often based on information preferences expressed in advance
• This is called a publish / subscribe model

• A client might subscribe to various information

  channels
• Example: email, instant messaging, synchronous

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