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Workshop Four – 4.4 Dropbox

Effective Practice: HR TechnologyIntroduction and Alignment

Today the face of HR is often a portal, rather than a person. Almost all firms now provide universal access to HR services through technology and web-based applications, dramatically changing the practice of human resource management. These changes often result from the need to cut costs and expand or improve services. Recent research shows organizations that successfully adopt sophisticated HR technology tools outperform those that do not. But because most organizations already have automated basic HR administration, the simple automation of HR processes can no longer assure a competitive advantage. Instead, organizations must determine how to use technology to transform their HR practices and market their HR brand. (Johnson & Gueutal, 2011, p. 1)

This assignment is the fourth in a series in this course to use the SHRM Foundation’s Effective Practice Guidelines Series. In Workshop Four, the series title is “Transforming HR through Technology: The Use of E-HR and HRIS in Organizations.” This report provides research and practice guidelines for the effective implementation and efficient use of E-HR and HRIS and how these may be used to positively impact the bottom line. The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with the opportunity to gain greater depth of knowledge in a particular HR subject matter and to apply that learning to the workplace.

Upon completion of this assignment you should be able to:

• Explore the process of determining strategic application of integrated technical tools and systems (e.g., HRIS, performance management tools, applicant tracking, compensation tools, and employee self-service technologies).

Resources

• Textbook:PHR/SPHR: Professional in Human Resources Deluxe Certification Study Guide
• File: Transforming HR through Technology.pdf

Background Information

Human resource information systems have dramatically altered how HR services are delivered and managed by organizations. Used effectively, HRIS can make HR staff more efficient, better informed and better able to communicate how they add value to the business. As the research shows, organizations that combine effective HR management processes with effective HR technology are likely to be more productive and more profitable than those that do not. Of course, the challenge for HR executives is to manage this technology to maximize the benefits while minimizing the pitfalls along the way (Johnson & Gueutal, 2011, p. 27).

Instructions

1. Review Chapters 6 in yourPHR/SPHR: Professional in Human Resources Deluxe Certification Study Guide.
2. Download and review Transforming HR through Technology and write three to four page paper addressing the HRM topic of use of HR technology in organizations from the textbook, Johnson and Gueutal’s (2011) report, personal experience and one organization with which you are familiar (preferably, your current organization). In your paper, include at least one paragraph for each of the following in your paper:
3. Introduction: Provide an introduction. Be sure to introduce the topic and the organization.
4. Why HR is Evolving into a Technology-Based Profession: Provide three to four reasons why HR is evolving into a more technology-based profession and tell whether you are seeing evidence of this evolvement in your own organization or a familiar workplace.
5. Two Major HRIS Options: Identify and define the two major HRIS options. Which one of the two options do you think is the most viable option for the organization? Why?
6. Accessible HR Data: Review the table –Examples of HR Data Accessed by Various Stakeholders that is shown on page 5 of the report. From that listing, identify which data areas are accessible to which stakeholders in the organization? Also, of the data that isnotcurrently accessible to stakeholders, which one would you encourage to be implemented first, and why?
7. e-Recruiting Approach: What approach, if any, has your organization taken towards e-recruiting? What business objective(s) has driven the organization toward this approach? If there is no e-recruiting approach in your organization, identify a business objective that could foreseeably drive such an approach and explain why it was selected.
8. Best Practices for e-Recruiting: Using the list of best practices for e-recruiting on page 11 of the report, evaluate your current organization’s e-recruiting efforts. Provide the e-recruitment website. Optionally, locate an organization on the Internet that you think meets the list of best practices for e-recruiting, explain why you rate the company’s efforts so highly, and provide the e-recruitment website.
9. Personal Experience with eLearning: Of the various approaches to e-learning listed on page 15 of the report, identify any of the e-learning approaches for which you have had personal experience. Based on your experience, how does e-learning compare to traditional means of learning?
10. Benefits of Using e-Compensation and e-Benefits Technology: Describe the benefits of using e-compensation and e-benefits technology for the HR professional. For the employee.
11. Five-Year Trends in HR: Which one or more of the five-year trends in HR, listed in the report, do you anticipate will have the most impact on your organization in the near term. Explain.
12. Conclusion: Provide a conclusion.
13. Your paper is to be written in APA 6e format with proper mechanics (i.e., grammar, spelling, word choice, punctuation, and sentence structure). A title page and reference page are required, in addition to the three to four pages and optional appendix.
14. When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your instructor using the Dropbox.