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Determining HRIS Needs

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Assess the types of changes and new developments in technology and government regulations that should be considered in long-range planning requirements for updating or replacing a HRIS.

Identify three (3) disadvantages (other than time) of using interviews and focus groups for data collection during the analysis phase when determining HRIS needs. Recommend three (3) approaches to overcome the disadvantages.

Assess three (3) critical sources of data-gathering initiatives for an HRIS needs analysis and highlight the advantages and disadvantages of using each of those sources.

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Considering changes for updating HRIS
In order to update and replace a Human Resource Information System, company should develop understanding about new technology and changes in regulations by government. In this, company should aware about the new technological changes such as changes in information gathering technology, data entry technology, etc. This can be helpful for the company to make long term planning about the updating or replacing HR Information System in the organization. Company should also consider the changes in structure, size and ownership of HRIS (Kamoche, 2004). It can provide an effective direction to the company that helps to implement and maintain HRIS in efficient manner.

HRIS is an integrated system that includes hardware, software and database to provide information for HR decision making. To updating and replacing HRIS within the organization, company should also consider some government regulations. There are various government regulations that help the company to implement an effective human resource information system within the organization. With the help of these regulations, government protects the rights of employees in the companies. Some regulations that company should need to consider for the implementation or updating HRIS, such as labor, employment, and immigration and export control laws, etc. (Pynes & Lombardi, 2011).

These governmental laws and regulations can impact on the HRIS and can create problems to update or replace HRIS in long term. Company should also consider changes in IT system of the country, where company operates its business. In today's environment, most of the companies widely uses SAP system that provide effective services in order to record data and information of employees as well as other stakeholders of the company (Kamoche, 2004).

Disadvantages of Using Interviews and Focus Group
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