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Human Resources And Human Resource Management

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Fortune 500 Company
James Crites
American Public University System
Professor Vincent Pellettiere
Human Resource Management- HRMT 415
January 31, 2016

Fortune 500 Company
Introduction
Over the last 30 plus years, Human Resources Department has evolved from the people who conducted all administration duties like the keeper of the records in the filing cabinets to the backbone of an organization. “Human resources management can be defined as that part of management concerned with: All the decisions, strategies, factors, principles, operations, practices, functions, activities and methods related to the management of people as employees in any type of organization” (Mahapatro, 2010). The changes to Human Resources management has been beneficial to everyone within an organization. As technology advances so do Human Resources as it takes on different roles and advancements like Human Resources Information Systems. Human Resources Information System (HRIS) is a system used to acquire, store, manipulate, analyze, retrieve, and distribute information related to the company’s human resources department. From the Human Resource manager’s viewpoint, an HRIS can be used to support decision making, to avoid lawsuits, to help evaluate programs or company policies, and to assist in daily operating procedures in the organization. Depending on your organizational needs there are multiple HRIS software vendors to fit their needs from payroll management, general or emergency

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