Human Resources Management
Question 1
“Innovation forms the very core of the Basil Read offering.”
Discuss how HR practices at Basil Read are aligned to support the use of technology throughout the organization.
Human Resource Management practices at Basil Read are aligned to exploit the use of technology in all aspects of HR processes. Electronic Human Resource management (E-HRM) is the latest technology used in the HR department to transmit, store and process information digitally. E-HRM allows for information to be consolidated and called up quickly when required. The HR functions from payroll to recruitment, performance management to employee wellness can all be conducted via E-HRM.
Basil Read is an innovative organization that has built its reputation and brand on offering enhanced design alternatives, innovative construction techniques while maintaining high quality standards, it is therefore only a natural progression for them to introduce an E-HRM system [E=Serve] to consolidate and distribute HR information across the group of companies allowing its employees to have access to their pay slips online, which is more efficient and saves time and money as no paper is required to be printed and distributed to all employees, managers have access to talent information making promotion and training decisions easier as all required details are within reach and there is no need to go and pull archived hard copy employee files, once again, saving time and money and the likelihood of outdated records is reduced or even eliminated as all employees have access to update their own records and no longer have to rely on someone to capture the data before it can be updated. Performance management can be done in real time as there is no delay is submitting the results / scores, again saving time and money as there is no need for printed paper may even reduce the stress and anxiety associated with performance reviews as the process is more efficient and possibly more transparent as everyone has
“Innovation forms the very core of the Basil Read offering.”
Discuss how HR practices at Basil Read are aligned to support the use of technology throughout the organization.
Human Resource Management practices at Basil Read are aligned to exploit the use of technology in all aspects of HR processes. Electronic Human Resource management (E-HRM) is the latest technology used in the HR department to transmit, store and process information digitally. E-HRM allows for information to be consolidated and called up quickly when required. The HR functions from payroll to recruitment, performance management to employee wellness can all be conducted via E-HRM.
Basil Read is an innovative organization that has built its reputation and brand on offering enhanced design alternatives, innovative construction techniques while maintaining high quality standards, it is therefore only a natural progression for them to introduce an E-HRM system [E=Serve] to consolidate and distribute HR information across the group of companies allowing its employees to have access to their pay slips online, which is more efficient and saves time and money as no paper is required to be printed and distributed to all employees, managers have access to talent information making promotion and training decisions easier as all required details are within reach and there is no need to go and pull archived hard copy employee files, once again, saving time and money and the likelihood of outdated records is reduced or even eliminated as all employees have access to update their own records and no longer have to rely on someone to capture the data before it can be updated. Performance management can be done in real time as there is no delay is submitting the results / scores, again saving time and money as there is no need for printed paper may even reduce the stress and anxiety associated with performance reviews as the process is more efficient and possibly more transparent as everyone has
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