THE IMPACT OF ELECTRONIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS

Abstract

There is little or no room for argument of the notion that ‘people’ are one of the key assets de termining the success or failure of an organizati on and hence the importance of the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours of those people for the betterment of an organization. ‘People’ are the key asset that is capable of growth and development. Though a company does not have absolute power over this asset, they can make use of certain tools and techniques to exert some vital influence over the way they perform towards achieving the mission of the organization. The concept of Electronic Human Resource Manage ment known as e-HRM meaning “the adoption of technology in delivering Human Resource [HR] practices due to the digital revolution in the world is such a tool that organizations can employ to manipulate the performance and behaviour of the people on whom they rely on to achieve business success”