Knowledge Management Systems
Management Systems
I am working in the human resource sector. In this industry, management systems are crucial. Specifically, we use the management system knowledge in different ways such as employee payroll, data, and recruitment. As human resource personnel, I will focus on a system known as Automated Data Processing (ADP) since it is commonly used in the workplace (Søilen & Tontini, 2013). When a person has hired their information including their personal, timekeeping, job description, and pay is stored in the system. Additionally, when an employee is transferred, promoted, or demoted among other changes in the job specification, their information is changed using an effective date. This helps to collect detailed information from an employee. The ADP systems comprise of a reporting tool that is known as an ADPR. With this feature, it becomes easy to run both simple and complex queries. For instance, a human resource manager may need to get information on certain service data for service awards. Therefore, the HR manager can use the ADP reporting tool to extract the information of the employees in their specific location having more than 5 years of service.
Human resource employees need information to enable them to perform their activities. Management systems that are accessing a computer need data to operate. Essentially, data required in computer systems comprises of 0’s and 1’s (Søilen & Tontini, 2013). The use of strings of 0’s and 1’s helps to relay information that can be easily understood by human beings. The HR information system experts can limit the information in each ADP through a mechanism known as the security tree. For instance, a human resource manager working in one location cannot access the information of employees working in another branch. Therefore, through data governance, human resource personnel are only granted access to information they need to complete their tasks. Therefore, the management system is vital in human resources.
References
Søilen, K., & Tontini, G. (2013). Knowledge management systems and human resource management policies for innovation benchmarking: A study of St Ericsson. International Journal of Innovation Science, 159-172.
