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Notes 2. ........................ e-HRM is concerned with administrative functions.

(a) Relational (b) Transformational
(c) Operational (d) None of these.
3. .......................... e-HRM is concerned with strategic HR activities such as knowledge
management, strategic re-orientation.
(a) Relational (b) Transformational
(c) Operational (d) None of these.
4. .......................... e-HRM is concerned with supporting business processes by means of
training, recruitment, performance management.
(a) Relational (b) Transformational
(c) Operational (d) None of these.
5. The HR activities are divided over the .............. quadrants according their value and
uniqueness for specific organization.
(a) three (b) eight
(c) one (d) four

2.5 Use of e-HRM Technology

In this paragraph the actual “use of the e-HRM” technology block of the preliminary
theoretical framework will be will be uncovered.

Figure 2.4: Uncovering the Block of the “use of the e-HRM”
of the Preliminary Theoretical Framework

Effectiveness of
e-HRM goals Use of e-HRM
the HR system

To understand how the information technology is used to perform the HR activities, it is
important to consider the following three aspects:
• The e-HRM activities.
• The type of technological support for e-HRM.
• The user acceptance of the e-HRM technology.

The implementation of the e-HRM technology has the consequence that specific HR activities
are devolved to managers and employees and thus the implementation of e-HRM technology
influences the division of HR responsibilities. It is however unclear how this division of
responsibilities between managers, employees and HR professionals should be made. It is
expected that the organizations overall strategy has an influence on the division of the
responsibilities.
Besides what activities are provided through e-HRM technology, it also important to study
how technology is used to support the activities. The provision of HR activities with the
support of e-HRM technologies can occur in different ways. At the one extreme the web
based channels can be used for e.g. the collection and recording of data, at the other extreme
the web-based channels can be used to change the way the organization operates. The way

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