EFFECTIVENESS OF HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEM ON HR FUNCTIONS OF THE BSNL, TAMILNADU CIRCLE

The human resource management (HRM) is acknowledge-based economy. The idea, expertise, creative, and innovative workforce are necessary to meet the challenges in a knowledge-based economy. The human capital management is the complex process, but, an imperative for the organisation. Consequently, the several organisations use the human resource information systems (HRIS) gather, store and analyse the information for carrying out the human resource (HR) functions. The HRIS growth helps the HR practitioners understand the information technology and the information system as a part of the HR functions mainly to develop and use the best HRM programmes. Its implementation in the organization coupled with the sophisticated software executes the HR functions with the challenges that make the HR professionals taking an active part in and giving full cooperation to the organisation as the true strategic business partners. This study attempts to find out the HRIS effect, effectiveness, and impact on the HR functions with the top management, the HR managers and the HR executives employed in BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited), Tamil Nadu Circle. Further, it shows that the HRIS has a direct significance to the HR functions and providing the HR professionals an opportunity to enhance their contribution to the firm