COMPUTERS IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The reliability of any personnel management information system depends, first, on the method of data collection and organisation, and secondly on the accuracy of summary statistics which are used for describing manpower resources, forecasting manpower demands, allocation, etc. In larger and more advanced organisations, methods of personnel data collection require the completion of forms which are then coded on to cards or magnetic tape and read into a computer file. During the completion of his form, an employee may well have to refer to exhaustive lists of alternatives in order to code information concerning his experience, job history, qualifications, or worse, complete the form without reference to any standard vocabulary. Misunderstandings inevitably lead to errors, coding lists become unrepresentative, and time and accuracy are lost.

Citation

Wishart, D. (1972), "COMPUTERS IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT", Personnel Review, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 48-55. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055200