CHARACTERISTIC OF
FUTURE HRIS AND
SYSTEM MANAGER
OBJECTIVES
Explain the main characteristics of future HRIS managers
Describe 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
Characteristics of future HRIS managers
(Walker, 1993)
• Understand the business of the organization
• Involvement in strategic planning
• Understand the new meaning of quality
• Creating teamwork environment
• A builder of relationships
• International focus
• Marketing orientation
• Adaptable to change
• Independent, individual contributor
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
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
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)
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
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4. Vertical market ASP: provides applications for a particular industry such as construction, health care, or retail
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
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
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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
