28 Dec HR & Self Service

WEEK 1

Why and how has human resources changed due to the technology revolution?
What have been the main implications for HR Departments? If you were asked to define HRIS, what would be your response? Why?Lastly, search the Internet or our library for some of the technologies that have changed the technology in HR over the last 50 years. What is the technology, why was it invented and how did it help improve HR functions? Cite your sources.

WEEK 2

Based on our reading material, what are the two most interesting benefits that you learned about e-Recruiting?
Also, what are the potential unintended or dysfunctional consequences of e-recruiting? Go to the APUS on-line library (Or complete an Internet search and find a case or research paper that discusses problems with e-recruiting -A legal case or article is best). Make sure that the material relates to our reading material. What did the material say, how does it relate to our reading material. Post a link to the material in your response to this discussion question.

WEEK3

What are the important considerations when planning and setting up a new HRIS? What are some of the important organization issues and technology considerations that relate to E-Selection? Use our text AND outside sources to support your response.In your response, you are also required to find an article from our on-line library that talks about HRIS Implementation and setup. What did the article say and how did help you learn about new HRIS implementation? Post a link to the article here

WEEK 4

Why would it be important for a company to have an employee and managerial self service portal? How do these portals benefit an organization? What are the ROI and cost considerations when considering one of these platforms? What are some of the best practices in implementing self-service applications and what are also some of the common errors? Would you recommend one of these platforms at a current or previous employer? Why? Explain your answer by using material from our reading assignment this week.

Lastly, go to the APUS on-line Library and find an article from HR Magazine that relates to self service portals. What did the article say and how does it relate to our learning objectives this week? Post a link to the article in your response.

WEEK 5

In your opinion, based on the twelve guidelines listed in our reading material this week, what are the four most important guidelines to consider when trying to improve e-learning? Why? Use our text and outside sources to support your response.

Lastly, go to the APUS on-line Library and find an article from HR Magazine that relates to e-learning. What did the article teach you and how does it relate to our learning objectives this week? Post a link to the article in your response.

.WEEK 6

s an HR professional why would it be important to understand performance management technology and e-compensation?

Specifically tell me some of the positives and negatives of performance management technology.

Lastly, tell me about ONE of the four e-compensation objectives listed in our reading material and also tell me about the e-compensation tools that were recommended to address the objective that you picked.

Lastly, go to the APUS on-line Library and find an article from any magazine that relates to our discussion question. What did the article teach you and how does it relate to our learning objectives this week? Post a link to the article in your response.
Forum Rubric

Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 250 words. Please respond to at least 2 other students. Responses should be a minimum of 100 words and include direct questions. Please review the forum grading rubrics in order to understand how your responses in the forum will be graded.

Initial Post Due: Thursday, 11:55 p.m., ET
Responses Due: Sunday, 11:55 p.m., ET

*Only during the first week of class are assignments not due until 11:55 p.m., ET, Sunday. After Week 1, all initial posts will be due Thursday, by 11:55 p.m. ET.

WEEK 7

How do different types of cultures impact HRIS implementation and acceptance? What are some of legal and regulatory issues that were discussed in our reading material this week that could impact HRIS? Provide an overview of one of the regulations discussed in our reading material. What was the purpose of the regulation? Are there HRIS systems that could help with compliance of these regulations? (Search the Internet for software and post links here). Lastly, what are some of the future technologies discussed in our reading material? Are any of these being offered right now? Again, this will require you to research for software that fits future trends. Discuss your finding with each other and how they relate to our reading material this week.

Forum Rubric

Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 250 words. Please respond to at least 2 other students. Responses should be a minimum of 100 words and include direct questions. Please review the forum grading rubrics in order to understand how your responses in the forum will be graded.

Initial Post Due: Thursday, 11:55 p.m., ET
Responses Due: Sunday, 11:55 p.m., ET

*Only during the first week of class are assignments not due until 11:55 p.m., ET, Sunday. After Week 1, all initial posts will be due Thursday, by 11:55 p.m. ET.

QUIZ

Question 1 of 20

0.0/ 0.25 Points

One advantage of a general purpose job board is low application development cost for recruiters

Incorrect

A. True

B. False

Question 2 of 20

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One disadvantage of a niche job board is gathering of passive job seekers

Incorrect

A. True

B. False

Question 3 of 20

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One advantage of a E-Recruiting Application Service Provider is low traffic

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 4 of 20

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One advantage of a hybrid e-recruiting service provider is strong image as a convential media

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 5 of 20

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One advantage of a E-Recruiting consortium is low service cost

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 6 of 20

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The ASP does not develop or market to recruiters

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 7 of 20

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An e-recruiting consortium is not an effective alternative to services provided by job boards

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 8 of 20

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E-Commerce generally means buying and selling via the internet

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 9 of 20

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The corporate website is the hiring source most widely used by Fortune 500 companies

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 10 of 20

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Based on our reading material, Fortune 100 companies are more actively using job boards than the global 500 companies

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 11 of 20

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A niche job board is not technically considered a e-recruting method

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 12 of 20

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Disadvantages of e-recruiting are lack of conference calls and human touch.

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 13 of 20

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Differential access to e-recruiting across ethnic groups is one of the drawbacks of e-recruiting

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 14 of 20

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Most of the leading general purpose job boards do not employ an agent technology.

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 15 of 20

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Computers were not used in traditional recruiting before the introduction of e-recruiting.

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 16 of 20

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The benefits of e-recruiting are accomplished with the extensive use of centralized job database and an array of web-enabled integrated applications

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 17 of 20

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Research about specialized job boards indicates that they always produce higher quality candidates

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 18 of 20

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Based on our reading material, research shows that racial minorities do not act favorably to online recruiting

Incorrect

A. True

B. False

Question 19 of 20

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Invasion of privacy is one dysfunctional consequence of e-recruiting

Correct

A. True

B. False

Question 20 of 20

0.25/ 0.25 Points

Based on our reading material, only 50 percent of companies have job applicant polices that conform to federal standards for fair information practices

Correct

A. True

B. False

HRMT415: Week #6 Paper:

2 page Paper

For this assignment, you should focus on researching the following outside website to learn more about current HRIS products: http://www.ihrim.org/

The breakdown of your paper should be as follows:

Introduction:

Tell me about three products that you will discuss and why.

Body of your paper: (2 Pages total in length)-Your thoughts should be supported with material from the above site and any vendor sites that you find on that site. Use this research paper with the goal of looking for SPECIFC HR technology that could be useful to you as an HR professional. Make sure that it is differenty technology than what was discussed in your week #5 paper.

Each of these sections should be a separate paragraph:

1) Introduction

2) Discuss a technology on the above listed site that relates to Compensation (look in the “Buyer’s guide section of the website above and then go to the vendor site). What is the technology and how would it be useful? What are the interesting aspects of the technology? What would be the benefits and downfalls of the product? Which type of organization would it be useful? Why?

3) Discuss a technology on the above listed site that relates to Employment Systems and Services (look in the “Buyer’s guide section of the website above and then go to the vendor site). What is the technology and how would it be useful? What are the interesting aspects of the technology? What would be the benefits and downfalls of the product? Which type of organization would it be useful? Why?

4) Discuss a technology on the above listed site that relates to Time and Attendance Systems (look in the “Buyer’s guide section of the website above and then go to the vendor site). What is the technology and how would it be useful? What are the interesting aspects of the technology? What would be the benefits and downfalls of the product? Which type of organization would it be useful? Why?

5) Conclusion of what you learned and the value of the information as an HR professional

Save your review as Last Name_Review_HRMT415.doc (e.g. Smith_Review_HRMT415.doc).

Paper Format:

A. Title Page – Include a title page with your name, student number, title of your review, course number, course name, session, section, semester and date.

B. Introductory Paragraph – Include an introductory paragraph.

C. Font and Spacing – Use Arial or Times New Roman 12 pitch font with double spaced lines.

D. Length – Write a 2 page review not including the title page and citation page.

E. Reference Page – Include all sources on a Reference page

2. Utilize the APA Style for the review and to documenting sources.

3. Punctuation, essay format (thesis, supporting paragraphs with transition and topic sentences, and summary) grammar and documentation count toward your grade.

HRMT415: Week #8 Paper:

6-8 page Paper

Assignment overview and directions:

You are writing this essay as a HR Director of a Fortune 500 Company. The corporation has is a multinational organization and based in the United States. You are being asked to identify your knowledge of HRIS and to make a suggestion about a new piece of technology for each of the weekly learning objectives for weeks 2-6 in your HRMT415 class. Your boss has asked you to discuss one new piece of technology that you could use for each weekly topic (Weeks 2-6) in your HRMT class. These should be different from any of the technology that you discussed in your week #5 paper. For clarification, these are the topics that were discussed in the course for weeks 2-6:

The weekly Material for weeks 2-6 was as follows:

1) Week #2 – E-Recruiting

2) Week #3 – E-Selection

3) Week #4 – Self-Service & HR Portals

4) Week #5 – E-Learning & Training

5) Week #6 – Performance Management

Each of these topics should be about one page in length and answer the questions above. You should also tell me what is important to consider with each of the decisions that you make. A good place to find information is in our library and on the SHRM website. This paper will required you to research HRIS technology to discuss.

This should be the format of your Paper:

1) Introduction should discuss the evolution of HR. You should use our reading material for week #1 and any research that you have completed from outside sources to briefly discuss the evolution of HRIS

2) Second paragraph should discuss our reading material about the important consideration in developing and implanting and HRIS. This paragraph should tell your boss how you would recommend the development and setup or an HRIS for your organization. You can call the organization Fortune 500 Co,

3) The next five pages should discuss the material for weeks 2—6 that is listed above.

4) You should then end your paper with a conclusion about the future of HR and what you might be able to implement in the organization in the future. You should also tell your boss about any culture or acceptance problems that you might foresee in your organization when implementing the HRIS. This material is in our reading material for week #7.

Save your review as Last Name_Review_HRMT415.doc (e.g. Smith_Review_HRMT415.doc).

Paper Format:

A. Title Page – Include a title page with your name, student number, title of your review, course number, course name, session, section, semester and date.

B. Introductory Paragraph – Include an introductory paragraph.

C. Font and Spacing – Use Arial or Times New Roman 12 pitch font with double spaced lines.

D. Length – Write a 6 to 8 page review not including the title page and citation page.

E. Reference Page – Include all sources on a Reference page

2. Utilize the APA Style for the review and to documenting sources.

3. Punctuation, essay format (thesis, supporting paragraphs with transition and topic sentences, and summary) grammar and documentation count toward your grade.