A practical human Resource information system (HRIS) guide with real-world problems and problem-solving perspectives. This cross-disciplinary textbook provides a thorough introduction to the field of HRIS, a combination of two major management fields—human resources and information systems— that impact the competitive advantage of companies. Unlike other HRIS textbooks that overwhelm students with technical information and jargon, this revised 3rd Edition offers a balanced approach in dealing with HR and it/is issues by drawing from experts in both areas.It contains dedicated chapters on the systems development Life cycle and the needs analysis of HRIS to encourage critical thinking and assessment. The new br>Chapter on HRIS privacy and security aims to help students learn more about the importance of securing an employee's privacy. Key features: organized into four main parts with an emphasis on students learning all of the aspects of developing, implementing, and using HRIS offers editorial introductions to each section that provides a helpful framework, introduce the links between chapters, and highlight the key learning objectives for each br>Chapter links HR concepts to technology and demonstrates how HR professionals can apply these practices to their day-to-day functions includes an organizational system template, offering a holistic picture of different HRIS to show how these systems, used in conjunction, can contribute to a firm's success.
Michael J. Kavanagh is Professor Emeritus of Management at the State University of New York at Albany. He is past editor of Group & Organization Management and a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Eastern Academy of Management. He has been involved in the HRIS field since 1982. He established the HRIS MBA program at the University at Albany in 1984 and has taught numerous courses in the field of HRIS. In 2006, he received the Award for Career Excellence from the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM). He received his PhD in industrial/organizational psychology from Iowa State University in 1969. Mohan Thite is an Associate Professor in Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He has a multi-disciplinary, multi-industry and multi-national career profile in academia and industry, spanning over 30 years. His research interests include Strategic human resource management, Digital HRM/ e-HRM/ Human resource information systems, international HRM and Global mobility and management of skilled talent in high-technology sectors. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of South Asian Journal of HRM, published by Sage. He has published five books and over 100 book chapters, journal articles in esteemed journals, research reports and conference papers. Richard D. Johnson received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and is currently an Associate Professor at Washington State University. He has published over 50 journal articles and book chapters on topics such as HRIS, computer self-efficacy, e-learning, the psychological impacts of computing, and the digital divide. His research has been published in outlets such as Information Systems Research, the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, the International Journal of Human Computer Studies, and Human Resource Management Review. Dr. Johnson is a Past Chair of AIS SIGHCI and is a Senior Editor at Data Base and an Associate Editor at AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction. He is also an editor of the books, Human Resource Information Systems: Basics, Applications and Future Directions and The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of the Internet at Work.
