Assessing the Effect of Human Resource Information Systems on the Human Resource Strategies of Commercial Banks

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze the impact that Human Resource Information Systems on Human Resource Management Strategies. The statement of the problem was to look if human resource information systems have fulfilled their promise of providing timely, better, cost-efficient, etc. information for strategic decision making by human resource management practitioners by looking at its influences on the human resource management strategies. The Non-Probability Sampling technique was used to collect the data because non-probability sampling is often associated with case study research design and qualitative research. Because the total sample will have the same distribution of features as the entire population and the respondent are chosen on the basis of predetermined features, the Quota Sampling under the Non-probability sampling technique was used. Questionnaires were sent to ten (10) commercial banks in Sierra Leone. The data was collected using Google Forms and uploaded to SPSS from an Excel sheet downloaded from Google Drive. SPSS was therefore used to do the analysis of the responses from the questionnaire. Based on the analysis, the researchers concluded that HRIS has indeed fulfilled its promise to timely, better, cost-effective information for the strategic decision-making by human resource managers with respect to the Human Resource Management Strategies. It, therefore, has a positive impact on human resource management strategies. The research recommends that HRIS be used but more training needs to be given to staff, the system must be updated regularly for security updates and more needs to be done to ensure that the cost of maintaining the system is reduced.