Ch.3 Ashley.*Done* Flashcards
Who are the 4 groups of employees who will be using the HRIS?
Managers,Analysts/Power Users,Technical Staff,Employees
Who are the 3 groups of non-employees who will be using HRIS?
Potential Employees,Suppliers, Partners
What is the Primary HRIS Need for Leaders/Managers?
To have real-time access to accurate data that facilitate decision making with regard to their people. ex. Performance Management,Recruitment and Retention,Team Management, Project Management and Employee Development.
What is the Primary HRIS need for Analysts(Power Users) and Technicians(HRIS experts)?
For the maintenance of the system (Technicians). To provide detailed reports and evaluate potential opportunities(strategic analysis) (Analyst) Analyst uses HRIS more than any other User.Ex. Analyst may be asked to provide a list potential internal candidates for a position that has opened.
What is the Primary HRIS need for Clerical Employees?
For Data entry, reporting, managing transactions and error checking.
What is the Primary HRIS need for Organizational Employees?
Self-Service applications.Ex. Payroll information, Benefits,Retirement Plan Monitoring,computerized training,personnel forms.
What is the use of HRIS for Job seekers?
Online recruitment and application process,training
primary use for External Partner Organizations?
They rely on information coming from the system. Ex. Bank, Benefit Provider,External Recruitment Partners,Government departments.
What are the 3 categories of Specific Data in an HRIS database?
Personal Information,Organizational information,Information from the combination.
Personal Information
Personal Details, KSA’s,biographical information about people.
Organizational information
Job descriptions,Org structure,compensation, employee/labor relations, legal data
Information from Combination
individual job history, performance appraisals,compensation information.
Describe the TWO-TIER(CLIENT-SERVER) Architecture
Server-Client Architecture, to spread out low powered processing capability to dozens of PC’s being used across the enterprise.(multiple data entry staff)
Describe the THREE-TIER Architecture
“back-end servers” divided into two components (Database server, Application server). Transaction processor allows for multiple, simultaneous data transactions. It can place significant demands on network communications(bandwidth)
Describe N-Tier Architecture
Goal is to create “a single data truth” so that all enterprise data can be accessed by users. Uses Web Browsers as “thin clients”, no dedication application software required, and reduces demands on bandwidth.
Cloud Computing
A computing architecture that uses the internet and central remote servers to maintain data and applications.group of computers off-site used to host the server-accessed through the web.Reduces the cost of purchasing hardware/software, reduces need for maintenance and updating, cost is based on how much you use it (time/# of users.)Alternatives allow for the leasing of the hardware so that it can be stored on-site (platform as a service)
Best of Breed (BOB)
An architecture that combines products from multiple vendors.Can create a more powerful solution than one standing HRIS system.
3 Conditions needed for software solution
Perceived need for a specialized solution, a Universally agreed-on set of guidelines for interoperability,On both syntactical and semantec level and need to speak the same language.
OCR
Optical Character Recognition- scans handwritten or typewritten forms into an electronic format
Syntactical Level
refers to the base “alphabet” used to describe an interface.
Semantic Level
Language needs to map between software applications
Three general service categories in cloud computing
Iaas (infrastructure as a service),Paas (platform as a service), Saas(software as a service)
Typical solutions found in an HRIS implementation
Recruitment, Time collection,Pay roll, Benefits
Points to remember in regards to system implementation.
1) can take a team anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 years to complete 2) a variety of ways to manage this process may be attempted as long as key issues are examined and organizational goals for implementation are achieved. 3) There is no single definitive approach to be used in all situations.
