Thursday, July 15, 2010

How to get ahead in human resource management

Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS) or a Human Resources Information System (HRIS) are some of the best ways to help an organization manage its most important asset: its people.

Any organization should have a goal to increase efficiency, and efficiency is extremely related to how the HR department manages to organize, train, and manage the workforce.

Usually, the importance of the HR department can be overlooked; and unless a big problem happens and disturbs the rhythm and flow of work, one can go years without noticing the impact that an efficient HR can have in a company’s life.

As a company grows, it is faced with the necessity to bring in more people from different backgrounds and with different work ethics. It is the responsibility of the HR department to find the best fit for the company and place them in the right departments. It is also necessary to manage and supervise their work and progress inside the company.

These tasks by themselves can be extremely time consuming and when added to another important HR functions such as, payroll supervision and staff training, it can consume require great amount of time and manpower—what will increase the costs of operation of a company.

Gladly, the software industry has developed solutions to maximize the efficiency of HR departments. Human Resources Management Systems or HRIS (Human Resource Information Systems) are the answers to an organization need to reduce the workload and increase efficiency in their HR departments.

Here are some of the benefits a company can have for implementing a Human Resource Management System

1. Give easy access to employee records – From a simple dashboard; the HRIS lets you see recent employees added, monitor their work, check reports created. You can even get alerts on special dates such as birthdays and anniversaries.

2. Can relief paperwork headaches – Things such as managing employee leave, time off requests, and vacations can be easily monitored and recorded without the hassle of using endless spreadsheets.

3. Reduce employee management costs – One simple solution is the payroll process. The HRIS ensures that your payroll functions will be completed on time and without errors.

4. Greater visibility and better time management – Most HRIS have a feature that allows employee to access the information they need. They can also fire requests from virtually anywhere, view time off balances, better understand their benefits, and anything else you decide to share with them. By helping themselves, they free time for managers and HR personnel to focus on other matters.

SOURCE:
http://www.helium.com/items/1832196-benefits-to-using-hrms-software

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