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Equipping HR students with critical IT knowledge and providig IT students with critical application knowledge pertaining to Human Resource Management (HRM) With the emergence of the Enterprise Resource Planning System that seamlessly integrates various business modules within the information architecture of any business enterprise, Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) has become a crucial focus for management professionals. This cross-disciplinary book provides a thorough introduction to the field of HRIS, which combines two major management fields that impact the competitive advantage of companies??human resources and information systems. Unlike other HRIS textbooks that overwhelm students with technical information and jargon, Human Resource Information Systems: Basics, Applications, and Future Directions offers a balanced approach in dealing with HR and IT/IS issues by drawing from experts in both areas. Editorial introductions to each section provide the reader with a helpful framework, introducing the links between chapters and highlighting the key learning objectives for each chapter. Key Features - Presents a balanced perspective linking HR concepts to technology and demonstrating how HR professionals can apply these practices to their day-to-day functioning - Provides an organizational system template, offering a holistic picture of different HRIS within an organizational framework to depict how these systems, used in conjunction, can contribute to a firm??s success - Features extensive case studies to gain real-world, problem-solving perspectives - Supplies opening vignettes to provide a glimpse of real organizational problems, the solutions for which can be found in the key themes of the relevant chapter - Identifies key Web sites for HRIS that direct students to supplemental material in HRM, IS/IT, and HRIS that will deepen and enhance their learning experiences Table of Contents Preface I: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT and HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS Evolution of Human Resource Management and Human Resource Information Systems: The Role of Information Technology MOHAN THITE and MICHAEL J KAVANAGH Database Concepts and Applications in HRIS JANET H MARLER and BARRY D FLOYD Systems Considerations in the Design of an HRIS: Planning for Implementation MICHAEL D BEDELL, MICHAEL CANNIFF and CHERYL WYRICK II: DETERMINING HRIS NEEDS HRIS Needs Analysis BRADLEY J ALGE and KAREN BRUNER UPRIGHT System Design and Acquisition RICHARD D JOHNSON and JAMES H DULEBOHN Cost Justifying HRIS Investments KEVIN D CARLSON and MICHAEL J KAVANAGH III: HRIS IMPLEMENTATION Project Management Development and HRIS Acceptance SALVATORE BELARDO, PETER OTTO and MICHAEL J KAVANAGH Change Management: Implementation, Integration, and Maintenance of the HRIS ROMUALD A STONE and JOYCE MASON DAVIS IV: HRIS APPLICATIONS HR Administration and HRIS LINDA C ISENHOUR Job Analysis and HR Planning HAZEL WILLIAMS Recruitment and Selection in an Internet Context KIMBERLY M LUKASZEWSKI, DAVID N DICKTER, BRIAN D LYONS and JERARD F KEHOE Training and Development: Issues and HRIS Applications RALF BURBACH Performance Management, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, and the HRIS CHARLES H FAY and REN NARDONI International Human Resource Management MICHAEL J KAVANAGH and JOHN W MICHEL V: SPECIAL TOPICS IN HRIS Information Security and Privacy in HRIS YUK KUEN WONG and MOHAN THITE The Future of HRIS: Emerging Trends in HRM and IT MICHAEL j KAVANAGH and MOHAN THITE Appendix Index