Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)
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What is the main purpose of HRIS?

  • To track inventory levels
  • To monitor employee attendance
  • To collect and analyze data for decision-making in human resource development (correct)
  • To assess customer satisfaction
  • What are the inputs of HRIS?

  • Inventory lists and supplier details
  • Sales data and customer feedback
  • Information relating to employees, their abilities, qualifications, potentialities, creative instincts, age, pay scales, and various jobs (correct)
  • Production schedules and quality control reports
  • What is a major reason for the emphasis on manpower planning?

  • Increase in the number of retirees
  • Acute shortage of a variety of skills despite a rise in educated unemployment (correct)
  • Rise in job security
  • Decrease in the number of educated unemployed
  • How has technological change impacted job contents and contexts?

    <p>Extensively and rapidly with profound effects on job contents and contexts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does HRIS help managers with?

    <p>Decision-making in promotion, wage fixing, recruitment, and training</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is there a need for more effective recruitment and retaining people?

    <p>Acute shortage of a variety of skills despite a rise in educated unemployment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of HRIS?

    <p>To analyze data related to human resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does HRIS support managers in decision-making?

    <p>By providing information on employee abilities and qualifications</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the inputs of HRIS?

    <p>Employee abilities, qualifications, and age</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is there a present emphasis on manpower planning?

    <p>Because of a shortage of skilled workers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What effect has technological change had on job contents and contexts?

    <p>Significant changes in job roles and responsibilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are changes in production technologies, marketing methods, and management techniques important for HR planning?

    <p>To anticipate problems related to redundancies and retraining</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the reasons cited for the need to plan human resource needs intensively and systematically?

    <p>Organisational Change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which factor has implications for human resource planning due to the changing profile of the workforce?

    <p>Demographic Changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has stimulated organizations to become involved in systematic human resource planning?

    <p>Skill Shortages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What makes it difficult to reduce the size of an organization quickly and cheaply?

    <p>Legislative Controls</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What emphasizes planning and adopting newer ways of handling personnel records due to the ongoing revolution in information technology?

    <p>Systems Concept</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What contributes to the need for a longer lead time for the selection process and for training and development of employees?

    <p>Lead Time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which factor raises contradictory pressures on enterprise management in areas such as internal recruitment and promotions?

    <p>Impact of Pressure Groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has implications for human resource planning in terms of age, sex, literacy, technical inputs, and social background?

    <p>Demographic Changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What contributes to the need for intensive and systematic human resource planning?

    <p>Organisational change and skill shortages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has made it difficult to reduce the size of an organization quickly and cheaply?

    <p>Legislative controls</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has stimulated organizations to become involved in systematic human resource planning?

    <p>Demographic changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What emphasizes the need for planning and adopting newer ways of handling personnel records?

    <p>Systems concept</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has affected human resource requirements due to the nature and pace of changes in organizational environment, activities, and structures?

    <p>Organisational change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What raises contradictory pressures on enterprise management in areas such as internal recruitment and promotions?

    <p>Impact of pressure groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is necessary for the selection process and for training and development of employees to handle new knowledge and skills successfully?

    <p>Lead time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has implications for human resource planning due to the changing profile of the workforce in terms of age, sex, literacy, and social background?

    <p>Demographic changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

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