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Give an example of a transformational HR activity - ️️Transformation activities
involve value-added practices such as cultural change, strategic redirection, etc.
In terms of transactional traditional and transformational HR activities how is the amount
of time spent on each activity changin...
HRIS Exam Study Guide
Give an example of a transformational HR activity - ✔️✔️Transformation activities
involve value-added practices such as cultural change, strategic redirection, etc.
In terms of transactional traditional and transformational HR activities how is the amount
of time spent on each activity changing (or at least should be changing)? Why are these
changes occurring? - ✔️✔️The amount of time spent on transactional change is
lessening due to the onset of automation. These changes should be occurring so that
HR can conduct move value-added activities
Why do organizations collect HR data? Be able to provide at least two reasons. -
✔️✔️Organizations collect data to analyze and retrieve findings and interpretations
What are data information and knowledge? How can you distinguish between them? Be
able to give an example of each that is different from the lecture slide example. -
✔️✔️Data represent the "facts" of transactions, Information refer to the interpretation of
data with goal in mind, knowledge is information that has been given meaning and
assigned procedures. Example-
What is a database? - ✔️✔️A set of organized data
What is a database management system (DBMS)? - ✔️✔️A set of computer programs
combined with a database
What is a relational database (or relational DBMS)? Why would we want to use a
relational database? - ✔️✔️The information needed to integrate data resides within the
data. It retrieves data from different tables based on logical relationships built into the
structures. DBMS reduces redundancies and encourages data sharing
What is the difference between quantitative data and qualitative data (without using the
words "quantity" or "quality")? - ✔️✔️Quantitative data takes a numeric form, whereas
qualitative data typically takes a narrative form
In the context of analytics what does the expression "garbage in garbage out" refer to? -
✔️✔️If you use garbage data, you will receive garbage findings
What is human resource information system (HRIS)?, - ✔️✔️HRIS is a system used to
acquire, store, manipulate, analyze, retrieve and distribute pertinent information about
an organization's resources. It is the marriage of HR and IT and is a part of strategic
human resource management.
, What is the overarching, primary role of HRIS? - ✔️✔️The overarching goal of HRIS is
to provide accurate and timely information to the clients of the system.
What is strategic human resource management (HRM)? Why is it important to approach
HRIS development from a strategic HRM perspective? - ✔️✔️Using human resources
information as part of business strategy (such as human resource planning, HR metrics,
data). It's important because this way the HR department can legitimize itself and help
advance organizations' strategic objectives.
How did the Social Issues Era shape HRIS? - ✔️✔️The social issues era introduced
further labor legislation as a result of the human rights era which expanded the reach of
HR departments to encompass personnel departments. It also led to the development
of management information systems (MIS)
What are the HR activities? - ✔️✔️transactional, traditional, and transformational
Give an example of a transactional HR activity - ✔️✔️Transactional activities involve
day-to-day transactions like payroll and recordkeeping.
Give an example of a traditional HR activity - ✔️✔️Traditional HR activities involve HR
programs such as recruiting, selection, training, etc.
Respectively what types of HR data/information do operational employees managers
and executives typically want to access? - ✔️✔️Operational employees- verify, input,
self-service for benefits
Managers- data on team
Executive- organization-wide data
Entities & Attributes - ✔️✔️Entities are employees' personal information, columns are
attributes (characteristics of entities)
Records and fields - ✔️✔️Records represent each individual employee, fields are the
attributes on the entities level of abstraction
Tables - ✔️✔️Way to store data about entities
Primary Keys & Foreign Keys - ✔️✔️Primary key is non-redundant with a unique
identifier (key variable). Foreign key can be redundant
Queries - ✔️✔️A question posed about the data stored in a database that can be re-
posed as data are updated
Forms - ✔️✔️An object in a database that can be used to maintain, view, and print
records in a more structured manner
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