Assignment 2: System Development Life Cycle: Phase III – Design
Due Week 5 and worth 220 points
Now that you assessed the business, identified some of the inefficient HR related processes plaguing Larson Property Management Company, and pinpointed a few possible solutions, it is time to choose an HRIS application that will best suit the business. In this assignment, you will provide a blueprint for the new system, and select a vendor that provides the type of HRIS you believe is most efficient and effective.
To prepare for this assignment, review the Larson Property Management Company case scenario, and then research logical process modeling with data flow diagrams and HRIS vendors that may suit the needs for Larson Property Management.
Instructions:
Write a three to four-page proposal, in which you:
Two Ways to View an HRIS: Data Versus Process
1. Explain the importance of viewing the HRIS from both a data and process perspective. Next, explain how the change team will use this information to address identified needs from Phase II: Analysis.
Logical Process Modeling with Data Flow Diagrams and Physical Design Choice
2. Based on your research of logical process modeling with data flow diagrams, explain the key business activities and processes in the HR system, and how the data will flow. Next, determine the physical design and explain your reasoning for the design. Defend your decisions with theory and findings from past readings and class activities.
Choose HRIS Vendor
3. Now that you know the type of HRIS you will be implementing, it is time to choose an HRIS vendor. Compare and contrast three vendors, including a description of the cost, capabilities, and HR functions that the HRIS caters to. Based on your comparison, choose the HRIS vendor that you will recommend to your client, and explain the main reason why you decided to choose this vendor over the others.
Resources
4. Use at least three quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
- Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Create an HRIS needs analysis and evaluate the acquisition process.
Understand the purpose and components of the Data Flow Diagram (DFD).
Understand the various criteria used to evaluate vendor proposals.
Running head: SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 1
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 4
System Development Life Cycle
Asianna Johnson
Dr. Chuks Agada
Human Resource Information System
04/27/2020
Introduction and Plan
The company is undergoing problems that are in line with issues of records keeping within human resource management. Within many past years, the department of HR in the firm of the Larson organization has been faced with an increment with the rise in the needs within the firm. There has been an upsurge among all the employees within the organization. To have the ability to facilitate a process taking in wireless hiring in addition to the management of data, the Larson company has made the decision by which they will implement friendly issues to the users in the HRIS that will require to have the best and most compatible with the present when hiring system at Larson and has the abets and most adaptable system in the company. The system, if HRIS to be attributed to the company, will assist with the traditional issues of hiring. (Zafar, et al. 2017). Also, there will be procession whereby there will be the making of more comfortable the processes in the system of the organization. HRIS will also have the chance to get a provision for the Larson organization, which can be a location for the storage of dissemination as well as the dispense of data related to the employees in the firm.
Assessment
The is the need for the system within the company to be replaced with modern and more sophisticated application whereby the primary motif will be the provision of hiring process the will save the employees the bulk of paperwork. However, the new system that will be applied to the system will need to have all stages in the process of recruitment. The system will also need to have the ability to turn any physical work that is out into the system they will be aspect the will help in the managing, planning recruiting, training, among others. (Taskar, et al. 2018). Also, there will be a new system that will be made legal into the old system in place. This system will be capable of making sure that any data is collected as well as the hiring procedure will meet all the crucial issues. In the present situation of the firm, there will be an expansion of programs that are connected to HR within the company. HRIS will help in the efficiency of the hiring process within the firm. They will be cutting on the bulk of costs and management of the process in the organization with the utmost ease. Worldwide, the implemented HRIS will be capable of giving the firm managers space to access data regarding their employees with the utmost ease.
Data collection
The company needs to make proficient on human resource administration functionality. This is related to the storage of data and the ability to retrieve any employee information. To have the ability to gather information about the system, there is a need to apply the use of HRIS. (Noutsa, et al. 2017)With the use of the system, the bulk of the information will need ne lifted whereby the data can be accessed easily by the use of electronic systems as well as having the ability to maintain in time. To collect additional data from the system, there will be the use of observations that will be applied in the collection of data form users. Questions that can be used to get the information will be like; what are the problems that employees face when accessing data? Is using the HRIS system simple? Are there any drawbacks that the system has about the HRIS?
Conclusion
Electronic technology has been on the rise, and there has been improving daily within the systems. Also, there have been a lot of developments within the management of HR by the application of the HRIS. The system will have the ability to address the problematic and time-consuming functions of HR in terms of personnel administration. (Al-Dmour et al. 2017) Also, a system within the HRIS can have the ability to get and collect employee data efficiently. That is stored within an electronic terminal. This makes the system keep time and have the most efficient practices underway. Another functionality is that the HRIS can come up with fast and valuable reports which can support data based on the decision-making process. By the application of an HRIS system, Mr. Larson will be capable of going to all the sites since the system will have the ability to process the data based on the standards set.
References
Al-Dmour, R. H., Masa’deh, R. E., & Obeidat, B. Y. (2017). Factors influencing the adoption and implementation of HRIS applications: are they similar?. International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 14(2), 139-167.
Noutsa, F. A., Kamdjoug, J. R. K., & Wamba, S. F. (2017, April). Acceptance and use of HRIS and influence on organizational performance of SMEs in a developing economy: the case of Cameroon. In World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (pp. 563-580). Springer, Cham.
Taskar, A. R., Pratap Singh, A. R., & Antony, A. (2018). A Study of Development of Human Resource Information Systems HRIS and its Effectiveness in the Banking Sector of India. International Journal of Management Studies, 7-8.
Zafar, H., Randolph, A. B., & Martin, N. (2017). Toward a more secure HRIS: The role of HCI and unconscious behavior. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 9(1), 59-74.