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Unit 2: e-Human Resource Management

This will be below: Notes
• Cost Reduction/Efficiency Gains.
• Client Service Improvement/Facilitating Managers and Employees.
• Improving the Strategic Orientation of HRM.
• Allowing Integration of HR Functions.

2.4.2 Clarity of e-HRM Goals
The goals that drive parties, stakeholders, and individuals in organizations will set a framework
for the real e-HRM applications and approaches to be implemented. In other words, the goals
for implementing e-HRM technologies of a specific organization have an influence on the use
of the technology. It is therefore important that the goals are interpreted right by the end-users
or else it might lead to unintended use of the technology. The spirit of the technology should
lead to the right user behaviour of end-users of the technology. It is beyond the scope of this
research to elaborate on the clarity of spirit of e-HRM technology and its effects on the
appropriation of the e-HRM technology. However, the e-HRM goals could be considered as
the framework that should lead to the intended use of the technology by end-users. It is
therefore important that these e-HRM goals are known and understood by the end-users of
the technology. It is expected that when end-user understand the e-HRM goals and the intended
effects of the e-HRM technology, it will positively affect the use of the e-HRM technology
which is expected to lead to the intended use of the technology.
2.4.3 Summarizing e-HRM Goals

Four potential e-HRM goals are expected to have lead to the adoption e-HRM technologies.
Besides this, it is expected that the clarity of the e-HRM goals will affect the use of the
technology.

Figure 2.3: e-HRM Goals Uncovered in the Preliminary
Theoretical Framework

Effectiveness of
e-HRM goals Use of e-HRM
the HR system
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Draw a diagram to show the e-HRM models.

Self Assessment
Multiple choice questions:
1. The e-HRM technology provides a portal which enables .................... .
(a) managers (b) employee
(c) directors (d) head of the department

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