SECTION 1 LESSON 2 D356 HR TECHNOLOGY EXAM 100% SOLVED

Early Systems Mid-20th Century - ANSWERHR Role: employee advocate, Maintain accurate employee records, legal compliance, React to organizational change, Internal focus: Serve Employees. System Characteristics: Inflexible, "Island of Technology", Batch processing, Focused on Employee Record Keeping Cost-Effectiveness Era (1980 to Early 1990s) - ANSWERIncrease competition from Europe and Asia, Focus on cost reduction through automation and productivity improvement measures, HR shifted from employee administration to employee development and involvement, Under pressure to use technology, Realization that people costs were significant part of company's budget, Management started to transition from transactional record keeping to more transformational activities measured by cost-benefits ratios to bottom line of company. HR Balanced Scorecard - ANSWERMeasured approach to measuring the value of HR function by identifying the key value added HR activities that contribute to business goals, measuring them and evaluating the effectiveness of HR through them "The Cloud" and Mobile Technologies (2010 to Present) - ANSWERshift to technology and regulation dependent, new data requirements, HR continues to evolve and moving to cloud based HR systems, New hurdles for HR to navigate new technology and distribution of data across devices and architecture. "Best-Fit" Approach to Strategic HRM - ANSWERthe organization adopts the practices that work best effectively for it rather than adopting industrywide best practices. "Best-Practice" Approach to Strategic HRM - ANSWERUsed by researchers in which the organization adopt industry recognized best practices and use them in the