Welcome to Human Resources Zone, established since 1996 this is a site designed to provide
information on Human Resource Management.
The site is designed to provide ou !ith a !ealth of information, on theor and practical advice. Human resource management is the effective use of human resources inorder to enhance organisational performance. 1" #aroll $" Time and %abour Management &" 'enefits in (dminstration )" HR Management. Introduction (ll in all, the HR function is still to a large degree adminstrative and common to all organisations. To varing degrees, most organisations have formalised selection, evaluation, and paroll processes. *fficient and effective management of the +Human ,apital+ #ool -H,#" has become an increasingl imperative and comple. activit to all HR professionals. The HR function consists of trac/ing innumerable data points on each emploee, from personal histories, data, s/ills, capabilities, e.periences to paroll records. To reduce the manual !or/load of these administrative activities, organisations began to electronicall automate man of these processes b introducing innovative HRM01H,M technolog. 2ue to comple.it in programming, capabilities and llimited technical resources, HR e.ecutives rel on internal or e.ternal 3T professionals to develop and maintain their Human Resource Management 0stems -HRM0". 'efore the +client4server+ architecture evolved in the late 1956s, ever single HR automation process came largel in the form of mainframe computers that could handle large amounts of data transactions. 3n conse7uence of the high captial investment necessar to purchase or program proprietar soft!are, these internall developed HRM0 !ere limited to medium to large organisations being able to afford the internal 3T capabilities. The advent of client4server HRM% authorised HR e.ecutives for the first time to ta/e responsibilit and o!nership of their sstems. These client4server HRM0 are characteristicall developed around four principal areas of HR functionalities