HR and Technology

Question 1

Data is saved to remote servers that are connected through the Internet

Answer 1

cloud computing

Question 2

New data collection about when, where, and how employees do their jobs to provide business process insights, reduce errors, and increase efficiencies.

Answer 2

Collecting new data.

Question 3

To better understand employee engagement and motivation and why employees do what they do.

Answer 3

Using existing data more effectively.

Question 4

Mapping how information flows in organizations and the relationships that people rely on to do their work.

Answer 4

Better strategic analysis.

Question 5

A way to collect, organize, store, analyze, and share data.

Answer 5

information system (IS)

Question 6

User interface with the system, the point at which the user can enter requests and receive responses.

Answer 6

presentation tier

Question 7

Composed of system software and application software that enable operations.

Answer 7

logic tier (business tier)

Question 8

Stores the information that will be used by the application tier to respond to user queries.

Answer 8

data tier

Question 9

Enables sharing of data and applications by networking a computer (or mobile device) with other computers or servers.

Answer 9

communications tier

Question 10

Designed to allow the different parts of an organization to access the same data and perform more efficiently.

Answer 10

enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Question 11

Technology that supports HR functions and enables HR to gather, store, maintain, retrieve, revise, analyze, and report HR data.

Answer 11

HR information system (HRIS)

Question 12

The extent to which the users in a system can share the same data.

Answer 12

integration

Question 13

How to increase the amount of data stored without processing time and how to manage capacity.

Answer 13

scalability

Question 14

Software that is owned, delivered, and managed remotely by one or more providers.

Answer 14

software as a service (SaaS)

Question 15

The ability of a computer to imitate human thought and behavior.

Answer 15

artificial intelligence

Question 16

Provide employees with access to their personal HR data and the ability to handle many questions and job-related transactions that otherwise would fall to management or administrative staff.

Answer 16

employee self-service technologies

Question 17

Websites provide managers with access to current data on their employees and budgets and allow them to perform for themselves transactions that previously required HR’s implementation.

Answer 17

manager self-service technologies