Research article · Open access · 4 Nov 2019

E-Human Resource Management (E-HRM): A Growing Role in Organizations

Girisha .M .C, Dr. K. Nagendrababu

Abstract

The period from 1945 to 1960 is characterised by the importance of employee morale, while personnel are part of operating costs but not yet part of the mainstream operations of the organisation. Computers were used in the defence industry to support research and development, employee selection, and payroll automation through mainframe computers. The human resource management department is considered one of the most significant functions in all types of organisations, as it is considered greatly with intellectual skills. Information and communication technology facilitates innovation and the best way of carrying on routine organisational activities in a virtual environment. Human resource management is incorporating with the electronic mode of operations. The term e-HR first came into force in the 1990s when e- commerce started dominating the business world. Recent technological developments have made “business at the speed of thought” and a “paperless office” possible, with every activity based on real-time information. E-HR refers to conducting human resource transactions using internet technology at the inception of e-HRM. This study also provides concrete insight about how human resource management developing their function with new technical wave called E-HRM and also study of frame work, role and consequences of the E-HRM process in organisations.

E-Human Resource Management


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Author information

Girisha .M .C
Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce. Government College (Autonomous) Mandya, Karnataka

Dr. K. Nagendrababu
Associate Professor, Department of Studies in Commerce, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka

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