Impact of Information System on Transformation of Human Resource Performance: An Exploratory Study in Oromia Radio and Television Organization

Abstract

In the last few decades, emerging hyper-competitive era has increased the demand of information system and technology on human resource management for competitiveness. The revolution of information system and technology is completely and rapidly redefining the way of things are done in almost every field of human activity. Many firms are looking for utilizing the two elements (human resources and information system) as strategic weapons to compete. In particular, information system is demonstrated for human resource management that referred as human resource information system (HRIS). The HRIS is an integrated system mostly used to collect data, govern, record and to deliver and present data for human resource and hence promotes and transforms appropriateness of transforming human resource performance. This paper focuses on the impact of information system on transformation of human resource performance, the case of Oromia radio and television organization in Ethiopia. Both literature studies and interviews were done in this study to accrue information.